Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 17.851 — DEFINITIONS

BC § 17.851Title 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES · Ch. 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES · Art. H. SALE OF INDIAN ARTICLES

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In this subchapter:

(1)"American Indian" or "Indian" means an individual who is an enrolled member of a federally or state recognized American Indian tribe, band, nation, rancheria, or pueblo or who is an Alaska Native and a member of an Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq.).

(2)"Authentic Indian arts and crafts" means any product that:

(A)is Indian handcrafted; and

(B)is not made by machine or from unnatural materials, except stabilized or treated turquoise.

(3)"Nonauthentic Indian arts and crafts" means any product that is made to imitate or resemble authentic Indian arts and crafts and that:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 897, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.