Tex. Lab. Code § 418.002 · Chapter 418. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PENALTIES
PENALTY FOR FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, with the intent to obtain workers' compensation insurance coverage under the workers' compensation insurance laws of this state or to avoid payment of premiums due for that coverage, for himself or another, knowingly or intentionally:
(1) makes a false statement;
(2) misrepresents or conceals a material fact; or
(3) makes a false entry in, fabricates, alters, conceals, or destroys a document other than a governmental record.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of premium avoided is less than $2,500; and
(2) a state jail felony if the amount of the premium avoided is $2,500 or more.
(c) The court may order a person to pay restitution to an insurance company, including the Texas Mutual Insurance Company, if the person commits an offense under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 1.47, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1195, Sec. 2.12, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 463 (H.B. 2053), Sec. 5, eff. June 9, 2017.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.418.htm
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- sha256 193d5c312ab69387edfd4323187f9066aae6001005e4d4b86a2c076daac9ea22
- 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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