Tex. Ins. Code § 885.701 · Subchapter O. CRIMINAL PENALTIES
FALSE STATEMENTS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully makes a false or fraudulent statement or representation:
(1) in or with reference to an application for membership in a fraternal benefit society authorized to engage in business in this state; or
(2) for the purpose of obtaining money from or benefits in a fraternal benefit society transacting business under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500;
(2) confinement in jail for not less than 30 days or more than one year; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.885.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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