Bill Text: TX HB876 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the method of payment for regulated material purchased by a metal recycling entity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB876 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB876-Introduced.html

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84R5096 TSR-D
By: Phelan H.B. No. 876

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the method of payment for regulated material purchased
by a metal recycling entity.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1956.038(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A metal recycling entity may only [not] pay for a
purchase of regulated material by check mailed to the seller at the
address shown on the seller's personal identification document [in
cash if:
[(1) the entity does not hold a certificate of
registration under Subchapter A-2 and, if applicable, a license or
permit required by a county, municipality, or other political
subdivision as authorized under Section 1956.003(b); or
[(2) the entity has been prohibited by the department
from paying cash under Section 1956.036(e)].
SECTION 2. The following sections of the Occupations Code
are repealed:
(1) Section 1956.036(e); and
(2) Sections 1956.038(c) and (d).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.