Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.923 · Subchapter K. REGULATING THE COLLECTION OR SOLICITATION BY FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC DONATIONS
REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR TELEPHONE OR DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A for-profit entity or individual who makes, or directs another person to make, a telephone or door-to-door solicitation requesting that the person solicited donate clothing or household goods may not subsequently sell the donated items unless the solicitor provides to each person solicited, before accepting a donation from the person, the appropriate disclaimer prescribed by this section.
(b) If none of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the solicitor must state:
"DONATIONS ARE NOT FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT."
(c) If any of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the solicitor must state:
"DONATIONS TO (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT AND ____ PERCENT (INSERT PERCENTAGE) OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE DONATED TO (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION)."
(d) If the for-profit entity or individual pays to a charitable organization a flat fee that is not contingent on the proceeds generated from the sale of the donated items and the for-profit entity or individual retains a percentage of the proceeds from the sale, the solicitor must state:
"SOLICITATIONS FOR DONATIONS ARE MADE BY (NAME OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITY OR INDIVIDUAL) ON BEHALF OF (NAME OF CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION). Donations will be sold for profit by (name of for-profit entity or individual) and a flat fee of (insert amount) is paid to (name of charitable organization)."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1368 (S.B. 776), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.17.htm
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