{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-54.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 54.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Commission\" means compensation paid a sales representative by a principal in an amount based on a percentage of the dollar amount of certain orders for or sales of the principal's product.\n(2) \"Principal\" means a person who:\n(A) manufactures, produces, imports, or distributes a product for sale;\n(B) uses a sales representative to solicit orders for the product; and\n(C) compensates the sales representative wholly or partly by commission.\n(3) \"Sales representative\" means an independent contractor who solicits, on behalf of a principal, orders for the purchase at wholesale of the principal's product.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS","CHAPTER 54. COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS FOR SALES REPRESENTATIVES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.54.htm#54.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"05017168d907c80a5cea0452c0513f6ce297d9cd00a5353a0b937b613d07b179","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-53.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-54.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}