- (a) The standard for weight is the standard of avoirdupois and troy weights. Other weights shall be derived and ascertained from that standard.
- (b) The avoirdupois pound bears to the troy pound the ratio of 7,000 grains to 5,760 grains. The avoirdupois pound is divided into 16 equal parts called ounces.
- (c) The hundredweight consists of 100 avoirdupois pounds. The ton consists of 2,000 avoirdupois pounds.
- (d) The troy ounce is equal to one-twelfth of a troy pound.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1024, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.