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Texas Tax Code § 154.520

Counterfeit Stamps

Cigarette Tax · Penalties

(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.

Official text of the Texas Tax Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1662, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.154, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1334 (H.B. 4614), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2019.