Section 151.004 - Notice Concerning Sale Or Purchase Of Trees Or Timber At each designated point of delivery for trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips, a wood yard, transfer yard, mill site, or storage yard shall post the following written notice in lettering not less than one inch: NOTICE CONCERNING SALE OR PURCHASE OF TREES OR TIMBER
1. A seller or purchaser of trees, timber, logs, pulpwood, or in-woods chips who knowingly fails to provide, obtain, or retain a bill of sale as provided in Chapter 151, Natural Resources Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $500 for each offense. 2. A person, firm, partnership, or corporation adjudged guilty of theft or fraud in connection with the sale or purchase of trees or timber will be punished as provided by the Penal Code. 3. A timber purchaser who knowingly fails to provide documentation as required by Section 151.0035, Natural Resources Code, or a timber purchaser or person acting on behalf of a timber purchaser who knowingly provides false information in documentation required by that section will be punished as provided by Section 151.005, Natural Resources Code. 4. The Texas A&M Forest Service Timber Theft Hotline is 1-800-364-3470. Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 151.004
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 229,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 1989, 71st. Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 85(5), eff. 9/1/1989. Renumbered from Sec. 151.044 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 532, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001. Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2645, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977.