Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 36.0011 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CULPABLE MENTAL STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For purposes of this chapter, a person acts "knowingly" with respect to information if the person:
(1) has knowledge of the information;
(2) acts with conscious indifference to the truth or falsity of the information; or
(3) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
(b) Proof of the person's specific intent to commit an unlawful act under Section 36.002 is not required in a civil or administrative proceeding to show that a person acted "knowingly" with respect to information under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 806 (S.B. 563), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.36.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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