Tex. Educ. Code § 31.153 · Subchapter D. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES AND PENAL PROVISIONS
VIOLATION OF FREE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS LAW.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates any law providing for the purchase or distribution of free instructional materials for the public schools.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 60, eff. July 19, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 6 (S.B. 6), Sec. 61, eff. July 19, 2011.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.31.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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