Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 204.003 · Chapter 204. SALE OF RETURNABLE CONTAINER
USE OF ARTIFICE TO AVOID APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destroying returnable containers may not use an artifice to avoid the application of Section 204.002, including documenting purchases from the same person on the same day as multiple transactions.
(b) A person who violates this section is liable to this state for a civil penalty of $30,000 for each violation.
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. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.
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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.204.htm
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