In this chapter:

1. (1) "Business machine" includes an adding machine, addressing machine, calculator, cash register, check-writing device, computer or peripheral device to a computer, letter-sorting or folding device, item of recording, copying, or accounting equipment, or typewriter. The term does not include office furniture or fixtures.

2. (2) "Secondhand dealer" means a person who:

   1. (A) engages in the business of buying, selling, trading, accepting for sale on consignment, accepting for auction, or auctioning business machines; or

   2. (B) owns or operates an auction or another event at which:

      1. (i) two or more persons offer business machines for sale or exchange; and

      2. (ii) a fee is charged for:

         1. (a) offering or displaying property for sale or exchange; or
         2. (b) admission to the area in which the property is offered or displayed for sale or exchange.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.