TITLE: Relating to the exclusion of certain small public grain warehouses from regulation.

SUMMARY: Relating to the exclusion of certain small public grain warehouses from regulation.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the exclusion of certain small public grain warehouses from regulation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 14.011, Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 14.011. LIMITATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply to: (1) a public grain warehouse covered by a license for the operation of a public grain warehouse issued by the United States Department of Agriculture or other federal agency; (2) an individual producer-owner who does not receive from others grain for storage or handling for hire; (3) a person whose business is manufacturing grain or selling manufactured grain and who receives all grain with the intent to manufacture the grain or sell manufactured grain; [or] (4) a person who receives grain with the intent of using the grain for planting seed or for feeding livestock on the premises where the grain is received;or (5) a public grain warehouse with a storage capacity of 10,000 bushels or less.SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.