If TDH handled all aspects of retail egg regulation, TDA could concentrate its egg inspection staff on producers, wholesalers, and distributors. Texas Sunset Advisory Commission and Texas Administrative Code. State regulation of retail fish markets offers similar opportunities for interagency contracting. The integration of these application, renewal, and inspection processes could streamline paperwork and reduce inspection costs without hampering state regulatory efforts. Privatization State weights and measures inspections offer promising opportunities for streamlining regulation through privatization.
Ample precedent exists for such action.
For more than 20 years, Texas has used state-licensed private inspectors to inspect cars and issue motor vehicle safety inspection stickers for the Texas Department of Public Safety. In 1995, TDA's authority was expanded to allow licensed individuals to perform inspections under any of the agency's weights and measures programs. Thus far, the agency has taken no action beyond the LP gas and ranch scale initiatives. Retailers have expressed support for privatized weights and measures inspections as a way to improve the availability and timeliness of inspections. This creates the possibility of yet another state inspection if the Comptroller receives complaints about fuel content.