Texas § OC.2310.209 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES
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§ OC.2310.209. CRIMINAL OFFENSES
CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 2310.201 , 2310.2012 , 2310.2013 , 2310.2014 , or 2310.2015 or a rule adopted by the commission to enforce or implement those sections. (b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) refuses to permit an authorized person to test any motor fuel sold or held for sale in this state; (2) refuses to permit inspection of any document required to be kept or delivered by this subchapter on request of a person authorized to inspect the documents under Section 2310.2013 or 2310.2014 ; or (3) mutilates, destroys, secretes, forges, or falsifies any document, record, report, or sign required to be delivered, kept, filed, or posted by this subchapter or any rule adopted by the commission to enforce this subchapter. (c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor. (d) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class B misdemeanor. (e) The department or executive director may request the appropriate prosecuting attorney to prosecute a violation of this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 2.06, eff. April 1, 2009. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Agriculture Code, Section 17.154 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1219 (S.B. 2119 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2020.
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Section OC.2310.209 ("CRIMINAL OFFENSES") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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