{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-43.27","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 43.27","heading":"DUTY TO REPORT.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section, \" visual material\" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.26.\n(b) A business that develops or processes visual material and determines that the material may be evidence of a criminal offense under this subchapter shall report the existence of the visual material to a local law enforcement agency.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1005, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY","CHAPTER 43. PUBLIC INDECENCY","SUBCHAPTER B. OBSCENITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.43.htm#43.27","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"6bd4f0cb4051b870f5db63d6d7e4e4d1d266459fc0dc7148b8dd59d9683a4e52","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-43.262","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-43.28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}