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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 433.091. False Report; Failure to Report; Criminal Penalty

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally:

(1) makes or causes to be made a false entry in an account, record, or memorandum kept by a person subject to this chapter;

(2) neglects or fails to make or cause to be made full entries in an account, record, or memorandum kept by a person subject to this chapter of all facts and transactions pertaining to the person's business;

(3) removes from the jurisdiction of this state or mutilates, alters, or otherwise falsifies documentary evidence of a person subject to this chapter; or

(4) refuses to submit to the department, for inspection and copying, documentary evidence in the person's possession or control of a person subject to this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.

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