(a) A distributor is, subject to the provisions of Section 154.051, entitled to 2.5 percent of the face value of stamps purchased as a stamping allowance for providing the service of affixing stamps to cigarette packages, except that an out-of-state distributor is entitled to receive only the same percentage of stamping allowance as that given to Texas distributors doing business in the state of the distributor.(b) If a distributor violates a provision of this chapter, the distributor is not entitled to receive a stamping allowance for the period of the violation. On a determination by the comptroller that the distributor is no longer in violation of a provision of this chapter, the distributor is entitled to receive a stamping allowance. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1643, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 240, Sec. 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 12, eff. June 7, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 19.28, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 11.01, eff. Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 12, eff. June 7, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1423, Sec. 19.28, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 11.01, eff. October 1, 2011.
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