{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.508","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Tax Code § 154.508","heading":"REFUSING TO SURRENDER CIGARETTES.","body":"A person commits an offense if the person refuses to surrender to the comptroller on demand cigarettes possessed in violation of this chapter.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1660, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 240, Sec. 49, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 19.71, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["TAX CODE","TITLE 2. STATE TAXATION","SUBTITLE E. SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAXES","CHAPTER 154. CIGARETTE TAX","SUBCHAPTER I. PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.154.htm#154.508","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"6992273f356e02f7f83d081ea6c6f56e86b553c44c6415fa1c398a863e878835","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.507","next":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}