{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1805.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1805.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Business machine\" includes an adding machine, addressing machine, calculator, cash register, check-writing device, computer or peripheral device to a computer, letter-sorting or folding device, item of recording, copying, or accounting equipment, or typewriter. The term does not include office furniture or fixtures.\n(2) \"Secondhand dealer\" means a person who:\n(A) engages in the business of buying, selling, trading, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for auction, or auctioning business machines; or\n(B) owns or operates an auction or another event at which:\n(i) two or more persons offer business machines for sale or exchange; and\n(ii) a fee is charged for:\n(a) offering or displaying property for sale or exchange; or\n(b) admission to the area in which the property is offered or displayed for sale or exchange.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 11. REGULATION OF SALES AND SOLICITATION","CHAPTER 1805. SALE OF SECONDHAND BUSINESS MACHINES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1805.htm#1805.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"5bd34cc13d2d88ed9373b1db16a4da910e777f15a6654d126d55abf624080753","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1804.206","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1805.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}