Texas § GV.552.351 - DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
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§ GV.552.351. DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully destroys, mutilates, removes without permission as provided by this chapter, or alters public information. (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by: (1) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $4,000; (2) confinement in the county jail for not less than three days or more than three months; or (3) both the fine and confinement. (c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the public information was transferred under Section 441.204 . Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 771, Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 2001.
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