{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-13.454","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 13.454","heading":"EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) A person is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter if the person:\n(1) is a department employee who is performing device maintenance activities in the scope of the person's duties for the department;\n(2) is the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device or an employee of the owner or operator of a commercial weighing or measuring device and the person:\n(A) completely removes the commercial weighing or measuring device from the location at which the device was installed, including a device subject to an out-of-order tag, stop-sale order, security seal, lock, condemnation notice, or other item placed on the device by the department to prohibit use of the device; and\n(B) notifies the department of the device's removal not later than the 10th day after the date the device was removed in the manner provided by department rule; or\n(3) performs device maintenance activities only on a device that is:\n(A) exempt from the registration requirements of Section 13.1011 under department rules;\n(B) exempt from the inspection requirements of Section 13.101 under department rules; and\n(C) not required to be inspected by other department rules.\n(b) The department is not required to hold a license issued under this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 924 (H.B. 1494), Sec. 3.26, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 2. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 13. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES","SUBCHAPTER I. LICENSING OF SERVICE TECHNICIANS AND SERVICE COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.13.htm#13.454","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"d7b80b3725bec015eaae7890727c308651a04dcc0f78507adaf6aa64314f945f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-13.453","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-13.455"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}