Sec. 158.053.  COLLECTION OF TAX FROM RETAILER.  Every manufacturer engaged in business in this state shall set forth the amount of the tax imposed on each manufactured home on the actual invoice or bill of sale and shall collect the amount of the tax from the retailer or other person to or for whom the manufactured home is sold, shipped, or consigned in this state.  As used in this chapter, "manufacturer engaged in business in this state" includes the following:
(1)  any manufacturer maintaining, occupying, or using, permanently or temporarily, directly or indirectly, or through a subsidiary, affiliate, or agent, by whatever name called, an office, manufacturing facility, place of distribution, warehouse, storage place, or other place of business;  and
(2)  any manufacturer having a representative, agent, salesman, canvasser, or solicitor operating in this state under the authority of the manufacturer, or of its subsidiary, affiliate, or agent, for the purpose of selling, delivering, or the taking of orders for any manufactured home.
Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2754, ch. 752, Sec. 2(a), eff. March 1, 1982.