Tex. Gov't Code § 432.157 · Subchapter J. PUNITIVE ARTICLES
MALINGERING.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person, for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service in the state military forces:
(1) feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement; or
(2) intentionally inflicts self-injury.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.432.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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