Tex. Tax Code § 154.520
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 154.520, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 154.520. COUNTERFEIT STAMPS.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) prints, engraves, makes, duplicates, issues, sells, or circulates counterfeit stamps;
(2) possesses, with intent to use, sell, circulate, or pass, a counterfeit stamp;
(3) uses or consents to the use of a counterfeit stamp in the sale or offering for sale of cigarettes; or
(4) places or causes to be placed a counterfeit stamp on an individual package of cigarettes.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 20 years.
(c) Venue of a prosecution under this section is in Travis County.
(1) prints, engraves, makes, duplicates, issues, sells, or circulates counterfeit stamps;
(2) possesses, with intent to use, sell, circulate, or pass, a counterfeit stamp;
(3) uses or consents to the use of a counterfeit stamp in the sale or offering for sale of cigarettes; or
(4) places or causes to be placed a counterfeit stamp on an individual package of cigarettes.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 20 years.
(c) Venue of a prosecution under this section is in Travis County.
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