{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.922","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 17.922","heading":"REQUIRED DISCLOSURE FOR COLLECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC RECEPTACLE.","body":"(a) A for-profit entity or individual may not use a public donations receptacle to collect donated clothing or household goods and subsequently sell the donated items unless the for-profit entity or individual attaches to the receptacle a notice that:\n(1) is permanently and prominently displayed on the front and at least one side of the receptacle;\n(2) is in bold print, with letters at least two inches in height and one inch in width;\n(3) contains the business address, other than a post office box number, and telephone number of the for-profit entity or individual; and\n(4) contains the appropriate disclosure prescribed by this section in English and Spanish.\n(b) If none of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the disclosure required by Subsection (a)(4) must state:\n\"DONATIONS ARE NOT FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT.\"\n(c) If any of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the disclosure required by Subsection (a)(4) must state:\n\"DONATIONS ARE TO (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) AND WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT. ____ PERCENT (INSERT PERCENTAGE) OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION).\"\n(d) If the for-profit entity or individual pays to a charitable organization a flat fee that is not contingent on the proceeds generated from the sale of the donated items and the for-profit entity or individual retains a percentage of the proceeds from the sale, the disclosure required by Subsection (a)(4) must state:\n\"THIS DONATION RECEPTACLE IS OPERATED BY (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) ON BEHALF OF (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION). Donations are sold for profit by (name of for-profit entity or individual) and a flat fee of (insert amount) is paid to (name of charitable organization).\"\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1368 (S.B. 776), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER K. REGULATING THE COLLECTION OR SOLICITATION BY FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC DONATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm#17.922","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"16d3dd39ab23483c2a324dac58c700c8a7f0002519e7d620010c4acfef71a526","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.921","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.923"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}