Tex. Occ. Code § 1956.104 · Subchapter C. RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF CERTAIN ITEMS TO METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES
NOTICE OF RESTRICTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A metal recycling entity shall post in a conspicuous location a notice that:
(1) is readily visible to a person selling material to the metal recycling entity;
(2) is at least 24 inches horizontally by 18 inches vertically; and
(3) contains the following language:
TEXAS LAW PROHIBITS:
1. THE SALE OF A WHOLE, FLATTENED, OR JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE, AN APPLIANCE, OR ANY OTHER SCRAP METAL ITEM CONTAINING A LEAD-ACID BATTERY, FUEL TANK THAT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY DRAINED AND RENDERED UNUSABLE, OR PCB-CONTAINING CAPACITOR; AND
2. THE SALE OF LEAD-ACID BATTERIES, FUEL TANKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY DRAINED AND RENDERED UNUSABLE, OR PCB-CONTAINING CAPACITORS INCLUDED WITH OTHER SCRAP METALS WITHOUT OUR PRIOR WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
VIOLATION OF THIS LAW IS A MISDEMEANOR.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 47 (S.B. 1298), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1956.htm
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- 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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