Tex. Tax Code § 154.515 · Subchapter I. PENALTIES
POSSESSION IN QUANTITIES OF 10,000 OR MORE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Sections 154.026(b), 154.041(f), and 154.042, a person commits an offense if the person possesses unstamped cigarettes in quantities of 10,000 or more.
(b) This section does not prohibit transportation of cigarettes by a common carrier.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1661, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 33 (S.B. 1390), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.154.htm
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Tax Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 154.026CIGARETTES USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.Printed as Sections 154.026(b), 154.041(f), and 154.042
- Tex. Tax Code § 154.041STAMP REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 154.026(b), 154.041(f), and 154.042
- Tex. Tax Code § 154.042DISTRIBUTOR.Printed as Sections 154.026(b), 154.041(f), and 154.042
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