(a) A person or entity involved in facilitating or processing an electronic payment transaction, including a payment card issuer or payment card network, may not assign to a merchant or require a merchant to use a firearms code.
(b) For the purposes of the sale of firearms, ammunition for use in firearms, and firearms accessories, a firearms retailer may not provide a firearms code to a payment card issuer or payment card network and may only use or be assigned a merchant category code for general merchandise retailers or sporting goods retailers. Any agreement or contractual provision to the contrary is void.

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Terms Used In Texas Business and Commerce Code 610.002

  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

(c) A payment card issuer or payment card network shall notify the payment card holder in writing on every occasion that a firearms code is assigned to an electronic payment transaction on the payment card holder’s account.