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TX Civ Stat art 8602 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8602. Shall Mark Containers

No person, firm, association of persons, corporation or carrier selling or transporting for hire any gasoline, benzine, naphtha or other highly inflammable substance made from petroleum, shall fail to plainly mark the packages containing the same in accordance with the regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission, unless such regulations should conflict with the provisions of this chapter.|Acts 1919, p. 213.|
TX Civ Stat art 8603 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8603. Labeling Receptacles or Reservoirs of Petroleum Products

No person, firm, association of persons, corporation or carrier selling or transporting any gasoline, benzine, naphtha or other similar product of petroleum, shall fail to truly label in large letters showing the name of such person, firm, association of persons, corporation or carrier on any tank car, barrel, cask, tank wagon, receptacle or reservoir in which any petroleum product shall be shipped or stored within this State, or from which sales or delivery of the same are to be made.|Acts 1919, p. 213.  Amended by Acts 1933, 43rd Leg., p. 94, ch. 46, Sec. 1;  Acts 1935, 44th Leg., p. 396, ch. 154, Sec. 1-a.|
TX Civ Stat art 8604 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8604. Must Not Flash

No person, firm, association of persons, or corporation shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene or distillate to be used for domestic cooking, illuminating, heating, or other domestic uses, having a flash point at a temperature below 112 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the United States official closed cup testing method of the United States Bureau of Mines.|Acts 1919, p. 213.  Amended by Acts 1935, 44th Leg., p. 396, ch. 154, Sec. 1;  Acts 1937, 45th Leg., p. 648, ch. 318, Sec. 1.|
TX Civ Stat art 8605 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8605. Standard of Gasoline or Motor Fuel

(a)  No person, firm, association of persons, or corporation shall sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale, or possess or store with the intention to sell, as gasoline or motor fuel, any substance, liquid, or product of petroleum which falls below the standard of gasoline or motor fuel, the minimum requirement of which such standard shall be determined by the following distillation range:1. When the thermometer reads 167 degrees Fahrenheit not less than ten (10) per cent shall be evaporated.2. When the thermometer reads 284 degrees Fahrenheit not less than fifty (50) per cent shall be evaporated.3. When the thermometer reads 392 degrees Fahrenheit not less than ninety (90) per cent shall be evaporated.4. The end or dry point of distillation must not be over 437 degrees Fahrenheit.5. The residue shall not exceed two (2) per cent.6. Sulphur shall not exceed twenty one hundredths (0.20) per cent.(b) Motor fuel or gasoline shall be volatile hydro-carbon fuel, free from water and suspended matter, and shall be practicable and/or suitable for use as fuel in internal combustion engines.|Acts 1919, p. 213.  Amended by Acts 1933, 43rd Leg., p. 94, ch. 46, Sec. 2;  Acts 1935, 44th Leg., p. 396, ch. 154, Sec. 2.|
TX Civ Stat art 8607 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8607. Tests of Petroleum Products

The apparatus and methods of conducting all tests and arriving at proper standards of gasoline and other products under this Act shall be those now or hereafter authorized and used by the U.S. Bureau of Mines.|Acts 1919, 36th Leg., p. 213, ch. 125.|
TX Civ Stat art 8608 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8608. Using Incorrect Measure

No person, firm, association of persons, corporation or carrier, shall use any scales, measure or measuring device in the handling or sale of petroleum products unless the same is true and accurate according to the standard of weights and measures under the laws of this State nor use any pumping device unless the same is correct according to such standard at three speeds, fast, slow and medium.|Acts 1919, 36th Leg., p. 213, ch. 125.|
TX Civ Stat art 8609 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8609. Breaking Seal on Incorrect Measure

The inspector shall seal and forbid the use of any inaccurate measuring device until such time as the defect is corrected.  The breaking of said official seal shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this law and no person, firm, association of persons, corporation or carrier shall refuse to permit the inspector provided for by law to inspect and seal, if deemed necessary, any such measuring device, or to break the seal after being placed by such inspector.|Acts 1919, 36th Leg., p. 213, ch. 125, Sec. 9.|
TX Civ Stat art 8610 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8610. Hindering Inspector

The Director of the Food and Drug Division of the State Board of Health, his inspectors, or any duly authorized representative appointed by the State Comptroller for that purpose, or any highway patrolman, or sheriff, or deputy sheriff, or any other peace officer shall have, in the performance of his duties under this law, the power to inspect any premises or place where petroleum products are made, prepared, stored, transported, sold or offered for sale or exchange, take samples of same, and test measuring devices.  It shall be unlawful for any person to hinder or obstruct or refuse to permit said inspectors or any other persons duly authorized to perform said duties in the exercise of such powers.|Acts 1919, 36th Leg., p. 213, ch. 125, Sec. 10, 11.  Amended by Acts 1933, 43rd Leg., p. 94, ch. 46, Sec. 4.|
TX Civ Stat art 8611 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 4 - Gasoline and Petroleum Products|Article 8611. Punishment

Any person who shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of Articles 8601 through and inclusive of Article 8610, Revised Statutes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200).|Acts 1919, 36th Leg., p. 213, ch. 125.  Amended by Acts 1935, 44th Leg., p. 396, ch. 154, Sec. 4;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.26, eff. April 1, 2009.
TX Civ Stat art 8651 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8651. Definitions

That for the purpose of this Act, the term "Contract of Sale" shall be held to include sales, purchases, agreements of sale, agreements to sell, and agreements to purchase;  that the word "person" wherever used in this Act shall be construed to import the plural or singular as the case demands, and shall include individuals, associations, partnerships, and corporations.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 1.|
TX Civ Stat art 8652 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8652. Future Contracts Valid

All contracts of sale for future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks, or other commodities, (1) made in accordance with the rules of any board of trade, exchange, or similar institution, and (2) actually executed on the floor of such board of trade, exchange, or similar institution, and performed or discharged according to the rules thereof, and (3) when such contracts of sale are placed with or through a regular member in good standing of a cotton exchange, grain exchange, board of trade, or similar institution, organized under the laws of the State of Texas or any other State, shall be and they hereby are declared to be valid and enforceable in the courts of this State, according to their terms;  provided, that contracts of sale for future delivery of cotton in order to be valid and enforceable as provided herein, must not only conform to the requirements of clauses 1 and 2 of this section, but must also be made subject to the provisions of the United States Cotton Futures Act, approved August 11, 1916, and any amendments thereto;  provided, further, that if this clause should for any reason be held inoperative, then contracts for the future delivery of cotton shall be valid and enforceable if they conform to the requirements of clauses 1 and 2 of this section;  provided further, that all contracts as defined in Section 1 hereof where it is not contemplated by the parties thereto that there shall be an actual delivery of the commodities sold or bought shall be unlawful.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 2.|
TX Civ Stat art 8653 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8653. Future Contracts Invalid

Any contract of sale for future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks, or other commodities where it is not the bona fide intention of parties that the things mentioned therein are to be delivered but which is to be settled according to or upon the basis of the public market quotations or prices made on any board of trade, exchange, or other similar institution, without any actual bona fide execution and the carrying out of such contract upon the floor of such exchange, board of trade or similar institution, in accordance with the rules thereof, shall be null and void and unenforceable in any court of this State, and no action shall be maintainable thereon at the suit of any party.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 3.|
TX Civ Stat art 8654 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8654. Bucket Shop Defined and Prohibited

A bucket shop is hereby defined to be and mean any place of business wherein are made contracts of the sort or character denounced by the preceding Section 3 of this Act, and the maintenance or operation of a bucket shop at any point in this State is prohibited.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 4.|
TX Civ Stat art 8655 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8655. Shall Furnish Copy of Contract

Every person shall furnish upon demand to any principal for whom such person has executed any contract for the future delivery of any cotton, grain, stocks, or other commodities, a written instrument setting forth the name and location of the exchange, board of trade, or similar institution, upon which such contract has been executed, the date of the execution, of the contract, and the name and address of the person with whom such contract was executed, and if such person shall refuse or neglect to furnish such statement upon reasonable demand, such refusal or neglect shall be prima facie evidence that such contract was an illegal contract within the provisions of Art. 658, and that the person who executed it was engaged in the maintenance and operation of a bucket shop, within the provisions of Article 661 hereof.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 5.|
TX Civ Stat art 8656 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8656. Penalty

Any person, either as agent or principal, who enters into or assists in making any contracts of sale of the sort or character denounced in the preceding Art. 658  for the future delivery of cotton, grain, stocks, or other commodities, or who maintain a bucket shop, as that term is defined in Art. 659, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding two years.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 6.|
TX Civ Stat art 8657 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8657. Permitting Exchanges

There may be organized in any city, town, or municipality in the State of Texas, voluntary associations to be known as cotton exchanges, grain exchanges, boards of trade, or similar institutions, to receive and post quotations on cotton, grain, stocks, or other commodities, for the benefit of its members and other persons engaged in the production of cotton, grain, or other commodities.  Such associations shall be composed of members and shall adopt a uniform set of rules and regulations not incompatible with the laws of Texas and of the United States.  They shall open their books to inspection of all proper courts and officers when required so to do.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 7.|
TX Civ Stat art 8658 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8658. Repealer

Articles 536 and 537 of Chapter 2, Title 11, and Articles 538 to 547 inclusive of Chapter 3, Title 11, of the Revised Penal Code of the State of Texas, of 1911, and all laws and parts of laws regulating or prohibiting dealings in future contracts, or in conflict or inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 8.|
TX Civ Stat art 8659 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 5 - Commodity Exchanges|Article 8659. Severability

If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not effect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, or paragraph or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered;  and any contract valid under and satisfying the remaining clauses, sentences, paragraphs, or parts of this Act shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of this State.|Acts 1925, 39th Leg., p. 38, ch. 15, Sec. 9.
TX Civ Stat art 9010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Vernon's Civil Statutes|Title 132 - Occupational and Business Regulation|Chapter 20 - Miscellaneous|Article 9010. Peddling of Printed Matter by Deaf or Mute Persons

It shall be unlawful for any person to peddle or use a finger alphabet card or other printed matter stating in effect that the person is deaf and/or mute, in a manner calculated to play upon the sympathy of another in the solicitation of a contribution or donation.  Any person violating any provision hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than sixty (60) days or by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10) nor more than Fifty Dollars ($50), or by both imprisonment and fine.|Acts 1959, 56th Leg., p. 1066, ch. 487, Sec. 1.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter A. Powers and Duties of Department Related to Licensing|Section 12A.001. Applicability of Provisions

Sec. 12A.001.  APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS.  The general licensing, regulatory, and enforcement provisions of Chapter 12 and this chapter apply to licensing and regulatory programs administered by the department under any law.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 6.03, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter A. Powers and Duties of Department Related to Licensing|Section 12A.002. Cease and Desist Order

Sec. 12A.002.  CEASE AND DESIST ORDER.  (a)  If it appears to the commissioner that a person who is not licensed by the department is violating a statute or rule that requires the person to hold a license issued by the department or a statute or rule relating to an activity regulated by the department, the commissioner after notice and opportunity for a hearing may issue a cease and desist order prohibiting the person from engaging in the activity.(b)  A violation of an order under this section constitutes grounds for imposing an administrative penalty.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 6.03, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter A. Powers and Duties of Department Related to Licensing|Section 12A.003. Risk-Based Inspections

Sec. 12A.003.  RISK-BASED INSPECTIONS.  For each person licensed or regulated by the department that the department may inspect:(1)  the department may conduct additional inspections based on a schedule of risk-based inspections using the following criteria:(A)  the type and nature of the person;(B)  whether there has been a prior violation by the person;(C)  the inspection history of the person;(D)  any history of complaints involving the person; and(E)  any other risk-based factor identified by the department; and(2)  the department may waive any inspection requirement under law if an emergency arises or to accommodate complaint investigation or risk-based inspection schedules.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 6.03, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter A. Powers and Duties of Department Related to Licensing|Section 12A.004. Inspection and Enforcement Strategic Plan

Sec. 12A.004.  INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.  (a)  The department shall develop and publish an annual plan for each state fiscal year to use the inspection and enforcement resources of the department strategically to ensure public safety and protect agriculture and consumers in this state.(b)  The department shall seek input from stakeholders when developing each annual plan.(c)  The department shall collect and maintain information that accurately shows the department's inspection and enforcement activities.  Each annual plan must include a report of the information collected by the department that shows the department's inspection and enforcement activities over time.(d)  The information described by Subsection (c) must include data regarding violations of statutes or department rules, including:(1)  the number, type, and severity of:(A)  violations the department found to have occurred;(B)  violations the department referred for enforcement to the section of the department responsible for enforcement; and(C)  violations for which the department imposed a penalty or took other enforcement action;(2)  the number of major violations for which the department imposed a penalty or took other enforcement action; and(3)  the number of repeat major violations, categorized by license type, if applicable.(e)  The department shall publish each annual plan on the department's Internet website not later than July 1 of the year preceding the state fiscal year in which the department implements the plan.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter A. Powers and Duties of Department Related to Licensing|Section 12A.005. Criminal History Evaluation

Sec. 12A.005.  CRIMINAL HISTORY EVALUATION.  The department shall perform the duties of a licensing authority under Chapter 53, Occupations Code, for each license issued by the department under this code or other law, including issuing guidelines under Section 53.025, Occupations Code.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 848 (S.B. 703), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter B. Public Interest Information and Complaint Procedures|Section 12A.051. Information Regarding Complaints and Enforcement Process

Sec. 12A.051.  INFORMATION REGARDING COMPLAINTS AND ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.  (a)  The department shall:(1)  inform applicants, license holders, and the public on the department's Internet website, in department brochures, and on any other available information resource about the department's enforcement process, including each step in the complaint investigation and resolution process, from initial filing through final appeal, and the opportunity to request an informal settlement conference; and(2)  inform license holders that a license holder may obtain information about a complaint made against the license holder and may obtain on request a copy of the complaint file.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department shall provide to a license holder against whom a complaint has been filed:(1)  the allegations made against the license holder in the complaint; and(2)  on the license holder's request, any information obtained by the department in its investigation of the complaint.(c)  The department shall provide the information required under Subsection (b) in a timely manner to allow the license holder time to respond to the complaint.(d)  The department is not required to provide the following information to a license holder:(1)  the name of a confidential informant whose testimony will not be used in any hearing as evidence against the license holder;(2)  attorney-client communications;(3)  attorney work product; or(4)  any other information that is confidential or not subject to disclosure under law, rule of evidence, or rule of civil procedure.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 6.03, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter B. Public Interest Information and Complaint Procedures|Section 12A.052. Complaint and Violation Analysis

Sec. 12A.052.  COMPLAINT AND VIOLATION ANALYSIS.  The department shall analyze complaints filed with and violations discovered by the department to identify any trends or issues related to certain violations, including:(1)  the reason for each complaint or violation;(2)  how each complaint or violation was resolved; and(3)  the subject matter of each complaint or violation that was not within the jurisdiction of the department and how the department responded to the complaint or violation.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 6.03, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Agric Code § 12A.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Agriculture Code|Title 2 - Department of Agriculture|Chapter 12A - General Licensing Provisions|Subchapter C. Issuance and Renewal of Licenses|Section 12A.101. Replacement License; Fee

Sec. 12A.101.  REPLACEMENT LICENSE; FEE.  The department shall issue to a license holder whose license has been lost or destroyed or whose name has been changed a replacement license if the license holder submits to the department:(1)  an appropriate application; and(2)  a fee in an amount established by department rule.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 6.03, eff. September 1, 2009.|