{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.511","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Tax Code § 154.511","heading":"TRANSPORTATION OF CIGARETTES.","body":"A person, other than a common carrier, commits an offense if the person:\n(1) knowingly transports cigarettes without a stamp affixed to each individual package, except as provided by Section 154.024(a) or 154.152(c);\n(2) wilfully refuses to stop a motor vehicle operated to transport cigarettes after a request to stop from an authorized person; or\n(3) while transporting cigarettes refuses to permit a complete inspection of the cargo by an authorized person.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1661, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1110, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2021.","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#154.511","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"3cf1eafbd1412dd3035412ce1e2b8ae61fc10310e7cda39b0da1f4fa6854ed45","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.510","next":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}