Tex. Tax Code § 155.209 · Subchapter G. PENALTIES
TRANSPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) knowingly transports tobacco products subject to the tax under this chapter without the tax being paid;
(2) wilfully refuses to stop a motor vehicle operated to transport tobacco products after a request to stop from an authorized representative of the comptroller; or
(3) while transporting tobacco products, refuses to permit a complete inspection of the cargo by an authorized representative of the comptroller.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1684, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 67, eff. June 7, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 19.114, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 894 (H.B. 3475), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2019.
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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.155.htm
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