Section 302.253 - Request for Credit Card Account Number or Checking Account Number After Offer of Free Item(a) A seller commits an offense if the seller knowingly: (1) represents or implies that a purchaser will receive an item without charge, regardless of whether the item is designated as a gift, premium, bonus, or prize or otherwise; and(2) requests a credit card account number or checking account number from the purchaser to charge to the credit card account or debit from the checking account an amount as a condition precedent to the purchaser's receipt of the item.(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 302.253
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 2.01, eff. 4/1/2009.