Sec. 1956.055.  EXCEPTION:  CRAFTED PRECIOUS METAL ACQUIRED FROM ANOTHER DEALER WHO PREVIOUSLY MADE REQUIRED REPORTS.  This subchapter does not apply to crafted precious metal acquired in good faith in a transaction involving the stock-in-trade of another dealer who previously made the reports concerning that metal as required by this subchapter if:
(1)  the selling dealer delivers to the acquiring dealer a written document stating that the reports have been made;
(2)  the acquiring dealer submits a copy of the statement to the chief of police of the municipality or the sheriff of the county in which the selling dealer is located;  and
(3)  each dealer involved in the transaction retains a copy of the statement until the third anniversary of the date of the transaction.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.