Tex. Elec. Code § 501.029 · Subchapter B. MANNER OF CALLING ELECTION
OFFENSE: MISREPRESENTATION OF PETITION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person misrepresents the purpose or effect of a petition issued under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.501.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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