{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-326.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 326.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Automated sales suppression device\" means a device or software program that falsifies an electronic record, including transaction data or a transaction report, of an electronic cash register or other point-of-sale system. The term includes a device that carries the software program or an Internet link to the software program.\n(2) \"Electronic cash register\" means a device or point-of-sale system that maintains a register or documentation through an electronic device or computer system that is designed to record transaction data for the purpose of computing, compiling, or processing retail sales transaction data.\n(3) \"Phantom-ware\" means a hidden programming option that is embedded in the operating system of an electronic cash register or hardwired into an electronic cash register and that may be used to create a second set of transaction reports or to eliminate or manipulate an original transaction report, which may or may not be preserved in a digital format, to represent the original or manipulated report of a transaction in the electronic cash register.\n(4) \"Transaction data\" includes data identifying an item purchased by a customer, a price for an item, a taxability determination for an item, a segregated tax amount for an item, an amount of cash or credit tendered for an item, a net amount of cash returned to a customer who purchased an item, a date or time of a purchase, a receipt or invoice number for a transaction, and a vendor's name, address, or identification number.\n(5) \"Transaction report\" means a report that:\n(A) contains documentation of each sale, amount of tax or fee collected, media total, or discount void at an electronic cash register and that is printed on a cash register tape at the end of a day or a shift; or\n(B) documents every action at an electronic cash register and is stored electronically.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 427 (S.B. 529), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 326. AUTOMATED SALES SUPPRESSION DEVICES; PHANTOM-WARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.326.htm#326.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"0cbe7bab8bcc5838f8283723c930c3ea80ff6e61e87f0129a93dda9433fc01f2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-325.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-326.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}