Tex. Health & Safety Code § 143.015 · Chapter 143. INDUSTRIAL HOMEWORK
CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employer commits an offense if the employer:
(1) violates Section 143.002;
(2) refuses to allow the board or its representative to enter the employer's place of business to conduct an investigation authorized by this chapter;
(3) refuses to permit the board or its representative to inspect or copy the employer's records or other documents related to the enforcement of this chapter;
(4) makes an oral statement that the employer is required by the commissioner to make and the statement made is false; or
(5) otherwise violates this chapter or any provision of the employer's permit.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule adopted by the board.
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200, imprisonment for not less than 30 days or more than 60 days, or both.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.143.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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