Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 17.922 — REQUIRED DISCLOSURE FOR COLLECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC RECEPTACLE

BC § 17.922Title 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES · Ch. 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES · Art. K. REGULATING THE COLLECTION OR SOLICITATION BY FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC DONATIONS

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(a)A for-profit entity or individual may not use a public donations receptacle to collect donated clothing or household goods and subsequently sell the donated items unless the for-profit entity or individual attaches to the receptacle a notice that:

(1)is permanently and prominently displayed on the front and at least one side of the receptacle;

(2)is in bold print, with letters at least two inches in height and one inch in width;

(3)contains the business address, other than a post office box number, and telephone number of the for-profit entity or individual; and

(4)contains the appropriate disclosure prescribed by this section in English and Spanish.

(b)If none of the proceeds from the sale of the donated items will be given to a charitable organization, the disclosure required by Subsection (a)(4) must state: "DONATIONS ARE NOT FOR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND WILL BE SOLD FOR PROFIT."

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1368 (S.B. 776), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.