Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 12.001 · Chapter 12. PENAL PROVISIONS
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is not licensed to practice law in Texas commits an offense if the person charges a fee for representing or aiding an applicant or recipient in procuring assistance from the state agency administering the assistance.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person advertises, holds himself or herself out for, or solicits the procurement of assistance from the state agency administering the assistance.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 2336, ch. 842, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 4.003, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.12.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 d9bfda958d8fa43e8f306f128f59f2f335124916150797ca6e97ec503c9f935c
- 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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