{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2101.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2101.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Art\" means a commonly recognized art form, including a painting, sound recording of a musical performance, sculpture, drawing, work of graphic art, pottery, weaving, batik, macrame, or quilt.\n(2) \"Art dealer\" means a person in the business of selling works of art.\n(3) \"Artist\" means the creator of a work of art or, if the creator is dead, the creator's estate.\n(4) \"Creditor\" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.201, Business \u0026 Commerce Code.\n(5) \"Person\" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association.\n(6) \"Recording distributor\" means a person who acquires a sound recording and sells the sound recording to another person for use or resale.\n(7) \"Sound recording\" means a tangible medium on which music or other sounds are recorded or otherwise stored, including a phonograph record, disc, tape, cassette, or other medium now existing or developed later on which music or other sounds are or can be recorded or otherwise stored or a copy or reproduction that duplicates in whole or in part the original. The term does not include a medium on which the primary recorded information is information other than music or other sound, such as a motion picture or computer program, and that contains recorded sound as an integrated part of the primary recorded information.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 233 (S.B. 846), Sec. 1, eff. May 27, 2005.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE C. ARTS AND MUSIC","CHAPTER 2101. CONSIGNMENT OF ART WORKS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2101.htm#2101.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"c330470c26d4f5c23ff0eb1b08b7c5288b3803f0d4ea754062fb0c57c45938a7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2101.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2101.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}