Tex.
Bus. & Com. Code Section 326.001
Definitions
(1)
“Automated sales suppression device” means a device or software program that falsifies an electronic record, including transaction data or a transaction report, of an electronic cash register or other point-of-sale system. The term includes a device that carries the software program or an Internet link to the software program.(2)
“Electronic cash register” means a device or point-of-sale system that maintains a register or documentation through an electronic device or computer system that is designed to record transaction data for the purpose of computing, compiling, or processing retail sales transaction data.(3)
“Phantom-ware” means a hidden programming option that is embedded in the operating system of an electronic cash register or hardwired into an electronic cash register and that may be used to create a second set of transaction reports or to eliminate or manipulate an original transaction report, which may or may not be preserved in a digital format, to represent the original or manipulated report of a transaction in the electronic cash register.(4)
“Transaction data” includes data identifying an item purchased by a customer, a price for an item, a taxability determination for an item, a segregated tax amount for an item, an amount of cash or credit tendered for an item, a net amount of cash returned to a customer who purchased an item, a date or time of a purchase, a receipt or invoice number for a transaction, and a vendor’s name, address, or identification number.(5)
“Transaction report” means a report that:(A)
contains documentation of each sale, amount of tax or fee collected, media total, or discount void at an electronic cash register and that is printed on a cash register tape at the end of a day or a shift; or(B)
documents every action at an electronic cash register and is stored electronically.
Source:
Section 326.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.326.htm#326.001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
