Sec. 1956.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Finance Commission of Texas.
(2) "Commissioner" means the consumer credit commissioner.
(3) "Crafted precious metal" means jewelry, silverware, an art object, or another object, made wholly or partly from precious metal, other than a coin, a bar, a commemorative medallion, or scrap or a broken item selling at five percent or more than the scrap value of the item.
(4) "Dealer" means a person registered to engage in the business of purchasing and selling crafted precious metal, including purchases or sales made through the mail.
(5) "Department" means the Texas Department of Public Safety.
(6) "Precious metal" means gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium, rhodium, osmium, ruthenium, or an alloy of those metals.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1298 (H.B. 2490), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.