Texas § FA.162.206 - PENALTIES

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§ FA.162.206. PENALTIES

PENALTIES. A person who, under a compact entered into under this subchapter, knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain or aids or abets any person in obtaining, by means of a wilfully false statement or representation or by impersonation or other fraudulent device, any assistance on behalf of a child or other person to which the child or other person is not entitled, or assistance in an amount greater than that to which the child or other person is entitled, commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. An offense under this section that also constitutes an offense under other law may be punished under either this section or the other applicable law. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 846, Sec. 9, eff. June 16, 1995. SUBCHAPTER D. ADOPTION SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES

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