Tex. Tax Code § 154.511 · Subchapter I. PENALTIES
TRANSPORTATION OF CIGARETTES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person, other than a common carrier, commits an offense if the person:
(1) knowingly transports cigarettes without a stamp affixed to each individual package, except as provided by Section 154.024(a) or 154.152(c);
(2) wilfully refuses to stop a motor vehicle operated to transport cigarettes after a request to stop from an authorized person; or
(3) while transporting cigarettes refuses to permit a complete inspection of the cargo by an authorized person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1661, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1110, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.154.htm
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