{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-204.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 204.005","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destroying returnable containers who violates this chapter commits an offense.\n(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by:\n(1) a fine not to exceed $350, if the total purchase price of the returnable containers to which the offense relates is less than $1,000; or\n(2) a fine not to exceed $700, if the total purchase price of the returnable containers to which the offense relates is $1,000 or more.\n(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section based on the same type of violation, the offense is punishable by a fine not to exceed twice the maximum amount of the fine prescribed for a first offense under this section.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.005(a), eff. September 1, 2009.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 2127), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 4584), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 6. SALE OR TRANSFER OF GOODS","CHAPTER 204. SALE OF RETURNABLE CONTAINER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.204.htm#204.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"ce0fffc3ff2812c96d2e2433add7c9ea966ae7bba409902e031903b28a4fd07f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-204.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-251.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}