{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1801.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1801.152","heading":"FALSE CHARGES.","body":"(a) A commission merchant may not charge for mending or patching, roping bales, cooperage or repairing bales, labor, hauling, cartage, storage, or marking or weighing unless the work is actually done.\n(b) A charge specifically describing work performed must be made on a bill regardless of any contrary usage or custom to make the charge by rate or average.\n(c) A person who violates this section is subject to a penalty of not less than $100 or more than $500. The owner or consignor may recover the penalty by filing suit.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 11. REGULATION OF SALES AND SOLICITATION","CHAPTER 1801. COMMISSION MERCHANTS","SUBCHAPTER D. ACTIONS AGAINST COMMISSION MERCHANTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1801.htm#1801.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"3f61fd01d1079d2f6b9b318419084f8f6af9c22eadb6577512e34be4c2c249db","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1801.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1801.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}