Tex. Gov't Code § 2161.231 · Subchapter E. PENALTY
PENALTY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) intentionally applies as a historically underutilized business for an award of a purchasing contract or public works contract under this subtitle; and
(2) knows the person is not a historically underutilized business.
(b) An offense under this section is a third degree felony.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2161.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 3118b2cf638e40f102f87640d7e6a6cd20597cf4093f268311dbbc73c074155c
- 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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