{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-485.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 485.017","heading":"SIGNS.","body":"A business establishment that sells an abusable volatile chemical at retail shall display a conspicuous sign, in English and Spanish, that states the following:\nIt is unlawful for a person to sell or deliver an abusable volatile chemical to a person under 18 years of age. Except in limited situations, such an offense is a state jail felony.\nIt is also unlawful for a person to abuse a volatile chemical by inhaling, ingesting, applying, using, or possessing with intent to inhale, ingest, apply, or use a volatile chemical in a manner designed to affect the central nervous system. Such an offense is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1463, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 485. ABUSABLE VOLATILE CHEMICALS","SUBCHAPTER B. SALES PERMITS AND SIGNS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.485.htm#485.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"4bdcb19fe00b51dddf2888657a501e783f60eb70eb5b007a0b3a8ab9f93b70e6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-485.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-485.018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}