Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 204.001 · Chapter 204. SALE OF RETURNABLE CONTAINER
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Proof of ownership" includes a bill of sale or other evidence showing that an item has been sold to the person possessing the item.
(2) "Returnable container" means a device made of any material that is used to hold, contain, or convert goods into a package and is suitable for repeated use. The term includes baskets, trays, or other containers used by a product producer, distributor, or retailer for the transportation or storage of goods.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.005(a), eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 4584), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.204.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 b171f6bcfad1d7fb9eed5819b311e6494f619acd80bb37bf90ea3c6fb9f2f4f5
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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