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Senate Bill 875 |
Senate Author: Eltife |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Smith |
Current law requires a person who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destroying plastic bulk merchandise containers to verify the identity of the seller or the seller's representative by means of photo identification before purchasing five or more containers from the same person. Senate Bill 875 amends the Business & Commerce Code to provide, as an alternative means of verification, that the purchaser of the containers may verify, in a manner determined by the purchaser, that the individual is acting on behalf of a corporation, business, government, or governmental subdivision or agency.
Senate Bill 875 prohibits such a purchaser from paying cash to an individual for the purchase of a plastic bulk merchandise container unless the purchaser verifies that the seller is acting on behalf of a corporation, business, government, or governmental subdivision or agency and requires the purchaser to record the method of payment for each transaction in which one or more containers are purchased. The bill imposes a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each violation of these provisions.