Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 204.005 · Chapter 204. SALE OF RETURNABLE CONTAINER
CRIMINAL PENALTY.
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 who violates this chapter commits an offense.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine not to exceed $350, if the total purchase price of the returnable containers to which the offense relates is less than $1,000; or
(2) a fine not to exceed $700, if the total purchase price of the returnable containers to which the offense relates is $1,000 or more.
(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section based on the same type of violation, the offense is punishable by a fine not to exceed twice the maximum amount of the fine prescribed for a first offense under this section.
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.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 2127), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 4584), Sec. 6, 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
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- 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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