Section 1805.001 - Definitions In this chapter:
(1) "Business machine" includes an adding machine, addressing machine, calculator, cash register, check-writing device, computer or peripheral device to a computer, letter-sorting or folding device, item of recording, copying, or accounting equipment, or typewriter. The term does not include office furniture or fixtures.(2) "Secondhand dealer" means a person who: (A) engages in the business of buying, selling, trading, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for auction, or auctioning business machines; or(B) owns or operates an auction or another event at which:(i) two or more persons offer business machines for sale or exchange; and(ii) a fee is charged for: (a) offering or displaying property for sale or exchange; or(b) admission to the area in which the property is offered or displayed for sale or exchange.Tex. Occ. Code § 1805.001
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.