Re: Showing ID to buy household stuff
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:57 am
It is illegal to sell "Abusable Volatite Chemicals" to persons under 18 years of age.
Many companies have policies that go beyond what the law requires.
Many companies have policies that go beyond what the law requires.
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES
CHAPTER 485. ABUSABLE VOLATILE CHEMICALS
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 485.017. SIGNS. A business establishment that sells an abusable volatile chemical at retail shall display a conspicuous sign, in English and Spanish, that states the following:
It is unlawful for a person to sell or deliver an abusable volatile chemical to a person under 18 years of age. Except in limited situations, such an offense is a state jail felony.
It is also unlawful for a person to abuse a volatile chemical by inhaling, ingesting, applying, using, or possessing with intent to inhale, ingest, apply, or use a volatile chemical
in a manner designed to affect the central nervous system. Such an offense is a Class B misdemeanor.