Sec. 13.115. FEES FOR DEPARTMENT INSPECTION

(a) The department shall collect a fee in accordance with this section for each test of a weighing or measuring device required by this subchapter or performed on request of the owner.

(b) Repealed by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 10.09(5), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

(c) The department shall charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for tolerance testing of a weight by the department's metrology laboratory.

(d) The department shall charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for tolerance testing of a measure by the department's metrology laboratory.

(e) The department shall charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for precision testing performed by the department's metrology laboratory.

(f) The department shall charge a fee, as provided by department rule, for precision testing of tapes, rules, glassware, and other weighing or measuring devices performed by the department's metrology laboratory.

(g) The department may collect the fees prescribed by this section only once annually unless requested to perform additional tests by the owner of the weight or measure.

(h) This section does not prevent a city from operating an agency for the testing of weights and measures.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1034, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4282, ch. 682, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 239, Sec. 57(c), (d), eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 5, Sec. 9.02, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2.06, 10.09(5), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 913 , Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2009.