Tex. Lab. Code § 214.004 · Chapter 214. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND SANCTIONS
FRAUDULENTLY AVOIDING CONTRIBUTION OR PAYMENT OF BENEFITS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person makes a false representation, knowing it to be false, or knowingly fails to disclose a material fact, to:
(1) prevent or reduce the payment of benefits to an individual entitled to the benefits;
(2) avoid becoming or remaining subject to this subtitle; or
(3) avoid or reduce any contribution or other payment required from an employing unit under this subtitle.
(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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