Sec. 13.453.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.  (a)  To verify compliance with licensing requirements, trade practices, department rules, and this chapter, the department may periodically or in response to a complaint or previous violation inspect an applicant's or license holder's:
(1)  facilities;
(2)  inspecting and testing equipment and procedures;
(3)  repair and calibration equipment, standards, and procedures;
(4)  transportation equipment; and
(5)  invoices, work orders, and other records related to device maintenance activities.
(b)  The department may periodically or in response to a complaint or previous violation monitor and inspect or test weighing or measuring devices that have been inspected and tested by a license holder and any standards used by the license holder during an inspection or test.
(c)  The department by rule may adopt additional requirements for the issuance of a license and for the denial of an application for a license or renewal of a license.  Rules adopted by the department under this subsection must be designed to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and the proper inspection, testing, and operation of commercial weighing or measuring devices.
(d)  The department may adopt other rules necessary for the regulation of device maintenance activities, for the proper operation of commercial weighing or measuring devices, and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public and license holders.
(e)  The department may specify the date, time, and place for any inspection authorized by this section.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 924 (H.B. 1494), Sec. 3.26, eff. September 1, 2013.