Tex. Penal Code § 43.27 · Subchapter B. OBSCENITY
DUTY TO REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For purposes of this section, " visual material" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.26.
(b) A business that develops or processes visual material and determines that the material may be evidence of a criminal offense under this subchapter shall report the existence of the visual material to a local law enforcement agency.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1005, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.43.htm
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