Tex. Lab. Code § 214.001 · Chapter 214. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND SANCTIONS
FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING BENEFITS OR OTHER PAYMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if, to obtain or increase a benefit or other payment, either for the person or another person, under this subtitle, the unemployment compensation law of another state, or any act or program of the United States that is administered by the commission, the person:
(1) makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false; or
(2) knowingly fails to disclose a material fact.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.214.htm
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- 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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