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Chapter 1801 - Commission Merchants
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 1801.001. Definitions - Sec. 1801.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commission merchant" means...
Section 1801.002. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1801.002. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. A commission merchant shall meet...
Subchapter B. Bond
Section 1801.051. Bond Required - Sec. 1801.051. BOND REQUIRED. A commission merchant shall file a...
Section 1801.052. Bond Terms and Conditions - Sec. 1801.052. BOND TERMS AND CONDITIONS. (a) A bond filed...
Section 1801.053. Bond Approval - Sec. 1801.053. BOND APPROVAL. The bond must be approved by...
Section 1801.054. Recording of Bond - Sec. 1801.054. RECORDING OF BOND. The county judge shall file...
Section 1801.055. Suit on Bond - Sec. 1801.055. SUIT ON BOND. (a) A person damaged by...
Subchapter C. Commission Merchant Duties
Section 1801.101. Contract Performance - Sec. 1801.101. CONTRACT PERFORMANCE. A commission merchant shall perform all...
Section 1801.102. Sale of Goods - Sec. 1801.102. SALE OF GOODS. On shipment of a consignment,...
Section 1801.103. Statements and Receipts Regarding Consignment - Sec. 1801.103. STATEMENTS AND RECEIPTS REGARDING CONSIGNMENT. (a) A person...
Section 1801.104. Accounting - Sec. 1801.104. ACCOUNTING. (a) As soon as the goods are...
Section 1801.105. Remittance of Sale Proceeds - Sec. 1801.105. REMITTANCE OF SALE PROCEEDS. Not later than the...
Subchapter D. Actions Against Commission Merchants
Section 1801.151. Requirement to Obtain Written License - Sec. 1801.151. REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN WRITTEN LICENSE. (a) A commission...
Section 1801.152. False Charges - Sec. 1801.152. FALSE CHARGES. (a) A commission merchant may not...
Section 1801.153. Sale Without Bond - Sec. 1801.153. SALE WITHOUT BOND. A person who sells any...
Section 1801.154. Consignor's Remedies - Sec. 1801.154. CONSIGNOR'S REMEDIES. (a) If a commission merchant fails...
Chapter 1802 - Auctioneers
Section 1802.001. Definitions - Sec. 1802.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Advisory board" means...
Section 1802.002. Applicability - Sec. 1802.002. APPLICABILITY. (a) This chapter does not apply to:...
Section 1802.003. Preemption - Sec. 1802.003. PREEMPTION. A political subdivision of this state may...
Section 1802.004. Advertisement of Auction - Sec. 1802.004. ADVERTISEMENT OF AUCTION. The commission, by rule, may...
Subchapter B. License Requirements
Section 1802.051. License Required - Sec. 1802.051. LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not act...
Section 1802.052. Eligibility for Auctioneer's License - Sec. 1802.052. ELIGIBILITY FOR AUCTIONEER'S LICENSE. (a) An individual is...
Section 1802.053. Eligibility for Associate Auctioneer License - Sec. 1802.053. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSOCIATE AUCTIONEER LICENSE. An individual is...
Section 1802.054. Application for License - Sec. 1802.054. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. An applicant for a license...
Section 1802.055. Application for Examination - Sec. 1802.055. APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION. An individual who establishes that...
Section 1802.056. License Examination - Sec. 1802.056. LICENSE EXAMINATION. (a) The license examination must be...
Section 1802.058. Reexamination - Sec. 1802.058. REEXAMINATION. An applicant who fails the license examination...
Section 1802.059. Licensing by Reciprocity - Sec. 1802.059. LICENSING BY RECIPROCITY. (a) An applicant for an...
Section 1802.060. Term of License - Sec. 1802.060. TERM OF LICENSE. A license issued under this...
Subchapter C. Auctioneer Advisory Board
Section 1802.101. Auctioneer Advisory Board - Sec. 1802.101. AUCTIONEER ADVISORY BOARD. The advisory board shall advise...
Section 1802.102. Appointment of Advisory Board; Membership; Eligibility - Sec. 1802.102. APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; ELIGIBILITY. (a) The...
Section 1802.103. Terms; Vacancies - Sec. 1802.103. TERMS; VACANCIES. (a) The members appointed under Section...
Section 1802.104. Presiding Officer - Sec. 1802.104. PRESIDING OFFICER. The presiding officer of the commission,...
Section 1802.106. Compensation - Sec. 1802.106. COMPENSATION. A member appointed under Section 1802.102(a)(1) may...
Section 1802.107. Meetings - Sec. 1802.107. MEETINGS. The advisory board shall meet at the...
Section 1802.108. Civil Liability - Sec. 1802.108. CIVIL LIABILITY. A member of the advisory board...
Section 1802.109. Auctioneer Education Programs - Sec. 1802.109. AUCTIONEER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) The advisory board shall:...
Subchapter D. Auctioneer Education and Recovery Fund
Section 1802.151. Fund - Sec. 1802.151. FUND. The auctioneer education and recovery fund is...
Section 1802.152. Management of Fund - Sec. 1802.152. MANAGEMENT OF FUND. (a) The department is the...
Section 1802.153. Additional Fees - Sec. 1802.153. ADDITIONAL FEES. (a) In addition to any other...
Section 1802.154. Investment of Fund - Sec. 1802.154. INVESTMENT OF FUND. (a) Amounts deposited in the...
Section 1802.155. Liability - Sec. 1802.155. LIABILITY. (a) The fund or the department is...
Section 1802.156. Education Expenditures Permitted - Sec. 1802.156. EDUCATION EXPENDITURES PERMITTED. The executive director may use...
Subchapter E. Complaint Procedures
Section 1802.201. Investigation of Complaints - Sec. 1802.201. INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS. The executive director may, on...
Section 1802.202. Consumer Claims - Sec. 1802.202. CONSUMER CLAIMS. (a) A person who deals with...
Section 1802.203. Hearing - Text of section as amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg.,...
Section 1802.204. Appeal - Sec. 1802.204. APPEAL. A party may appeal a decision of...
Section 1802.205. Payment of Claim - Sec. 1802.205. PAYMENT OF CLAIM. (a) If the department's determination...
Section 1802.206. Payment Limits - Sec. 1802.206. PAYMENT LIMITS. (a) The executive director may not...
Section 1802.207. Reimbursement; Interest - Sec. 1802.207. REIMBURSEMENT; INTEREST. (a) If the executive director pays...
Section 1802.208. Subrogation - Sec. 1802.208. SUBROGATION. If the executive director pays a claim...
Section 1802.209. Effect on Disciplinary Proceedings - Sec. 1802.209. EFFECT ON DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. (a) This subchapter and...
Subchapter F. Denial of License and Disciplinary Procedures
Section 1802.251. Denial of Application; Suspension or Revocation of License - Sec. 1802.251. DENIAL OF APPLICATION; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE....
Section 1802.252. Revocation for Claim on Fund - Sec. 1802.252. REVOCATION FOR CLAIM ON FUND. (a) The commission...
Section 1802.253. Hearing by State Office of Administrative Hearings - Sec. 1802.253. HEARING BY STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS. (a)...
Subchapter G. Criminal Penalties
Section 1802.301. Practicing Without License; Offense - Sec. 1802.301. PRACTICING WITHOUT LICENSE; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits...
Section 1802.302. Frivolous Claim; Offense - Sec. 1802.302. FRIVOLOUS CLAIM; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an...
Section 1802.303. General Criminal Penalty - Sec. 1802.303. GENERAL CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an...
Chapter 1803 - Solicitation for Public Safety Organizations
Section 1803.001. Definitions - Sec. 1803.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Law enforcement personnel"...
Section 1803.002. Effect on Municipal Ordinance - Sec. 1803.002. EFFECT ON MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE. This chapter preempts any...
Subchapter B. Registration and Bond Requirements
Section 1803.051. Registration - Sec. 1803.051. REGISTRATION. (a) A public safety entity or public...
Section 1803.052. Eligibility to Use Solicitor - Sec. 1803.052. ELIGIBILITY TO USE SOLICITOR. (a) A public safety...
Section 1803.053. Registration Statement by Public Safety Entity or Publication - Sec. 1803.053. REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITY OR PUBLICATION....
Section 1803.054. Public Safety Entity Registration Fee - Sec. 1803.054. PUBLIC SAFETY ENTITY REGISTRATION FEE. (a) Except as...
Section 1803.055. Solicitor Registration Statement and Fee - Sec. 1803.055. SOLICITOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND FEE. (a) Before beginning...
Section 1803.056. Solicitor Bond - Sec. 1803.056. SOLICITOR BOND. (a) A public safety solicitor shall...
Subchapter C. Solicitation Restrictions
Section 1803.101. Solicitation Disclosure - Sec. 1803.101. SOLICITATION DISCLOSURE. (a) An oral or a written...
Section 1803.102. Solicitation Information Hotline - Sec. 1803.102. SOLICITATION INFORMATION HOTLINE. The secretary of state shall...
Section 1803.103. Prohibited Practices - Sec. 1803.103. PROHIBITED PRACTICES. In soliciting for a public safety...
Section 1803.104. Failure to File Timely Report - Sec. 1803.104. FAILURE TO FILE TIMELY REPORT. A public safety...
Subchapter D. Enforcement and Penalties
Section 1803.151. Audit by Attorney General - Sec. 1803.151. AUDIT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The attorney general...
Section 1803.152. Criminal Penalties - Sec. 1803.152. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense...
Section 1803.153. Civil Penalty and Injunction - Sec. 1803.153. CIVIL PENALTY AND INJUNCTION. (a) The attorney general...
Section 1803.154. Civil Penalties - Sec. 1803.154. CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) A person who violates this...
Section 1803.155. Service on Secretary of State - Sec. 1803.155. SERVICE ON SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) A service...
Chapter 1804 - Solicitation for Veterans Organizations
Section 1804.001. Definitions - Sec. 1804.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Veteran" means a...
Section 1804.002. Effect on Municipal Ordinance - Sec. 1804.002. EFFECT ON MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE. This chapter does not...
Subchapter B. Registration Requirements
Section 1804.051. Requirements for Solicitation - Sec. 1804.051. REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLICITATION. (a) A veterans organization may...
Section 1804.052. Eligibility to Use Solicitor - Sec. 1804.052. ELIGIBILITY TO USE SOLICITOR. (a) A veterans organization...
Section 1804.053. Registration Statement by Veterans Organization - Sec. 1804.053. REGISTRATION STATEMENT BY VETERANS ORGANIZATION. (a) Before beginning...
Section 1804.054. Solicitor Registration Statement - Sec. 1804.054. SOLICITOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT. Before beginning solicitations for a...
Section 1804.055. Solicitor Registration Fee - Sec. 1804.055. SOLICITOR REGISTRATION FEE. (a) A registration statement under...
Subchapter C. Bonding and Reporting Requirements
Section 1804.101. Veterans Organization Bond - Sec. 1804.101. VETERANS ORGANIZATION BOND. (a) A veterans organization using...
Section 1804.102. Solicitor Bond - Sec. 1804.102. SOLICITOR BOND. (a) A veterans organization solicitor shall...
Section 1804.103. Veterans Organization Reports - Sec. 1804.103. VETERANS ORGANIZATION REPORTS. (a) Before January 15 of...
Section 1804.104. Solicitor Reports - Sec. 1804.104. SOLICITOR REPORTS. (a) At the end of each...
Subchapter D. Solicitation Restrictions
Section 1804.151. Solicitation Disclosure - Sec. 1804.151. SOLICITATION DISCLOSURE. (a) A veterans organization solicitor shall...
Section 1804.152. Solicitation Information Hotline - Sec. 1804.152. SOLICITATION INFORMATION HOTLINE. The secretary of state shall...
Section 1804.153. Prohibited Practices - Sec. 1804.153. PROHIBITED PRACTICES. (a) A veterans organization solicitor may...
Subchapter E. Enforcement and Penalties
Section 1804.201. Audit by Attorney General - Sec. 1804.201. AUDIT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. (a) The attorney general...
Section 1804.202. Criminal Penalties - Sec. 1804.202. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense...
Section 1804.203. Enforcement and Injunction - Sec. 1804.203. ENFORCEMENT AND INJUNCTION. (a) The attorney general may...
Section 1804.204. Civil Penalties - Sec. 1804.204. CIVIL PENALTIES. (a) A person who violates this...
Section 1804.205. Suit on Bond - Sec. 1804.205. SUIT ON BOND. (a) A person injured by...
Section 1804.206. Availability of Other Remedies - Sec. 1804.206. AVAILABILITY OF OTHER REMEDIES. This chapter does not:...
Chapter 1805 - Sale of Secondhand Business Machines
Section 1805.001. Definitions - Sec. 1805.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Business machine" includes...
Section 1805.002. Application to Business Machines - Sec. 1805.002. APPLICATION TO BUSINESS MACHINES. (a) This chapter applies...
Section 1805.003. Application to Secondhand Dealers - Sec. 1805.003. APPLICATION TO SECONDHAND DEALERS. This chapter does not...
Section 1805.004. Effect on Other Laws and Ordinances - Sec. 1805.004. EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS AND ORDINANCES. (a) This...
Subchapter B. Reporting Requirements
Section 1805.051. Report of Purchase - Sec. 1805.051. REPORT OF PURCHASE. (a) A secondhand dealer shall...
Section 1805.052. Form of Report; Filing - Sec. 1805.052. FORM OF REPORT; FILING. (a) A report required...
Section 1805.053. Serial Number - Sec. 1805.053. SERIAL NUMBER. (a) A secondhand dealer may not...
Section 1805.054. Required Retention of Property - Sec. 1805.054. REQUIRED RETENTION OF PROPERTY. (a) If a report...
Subchapter C. Requirements for Certain Purchases; Penalty
Section 1805.101. Purchase From Minor - Sec. 1805.101. PURCHASE FROM MINOR. (a) A secondhand dealer may...
Section 1805.102. Purchase at Temporary Location of Secondhand Dealer - Sec. 1805.102. PURCHASE AT TEMPORARY LOCATION OF SECONDHAND DEALER. (a)...
Section 1805.103. Criminal Penalty - Sec. 1805.103. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense...