Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 204.003: USE OF ARTIFICE TO AVOID APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER PROHIBITED.

Where this section sits in the code

BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
TITLE 6. SALE OR TRANSFER OF GOODS
CHAPTER 204. SALE OF RETURNABLE CONTAINER

(a) A person who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destroying returnable containers may not use an artifice to avoid the application of Section 204.002, including documenting purchases from the same person on the same day as multiple transactions.

(b) A person who violates this section is liable to this state for a civil penalty of $30,000 for each violation.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.005(a), eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 4584), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:56Z. Source file · JSON

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