Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 159.036 · Subchapter B. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An officer, candidate, or employee required to file a report by an order adopted under this subchapter commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to file the report as required by the order.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person has filed the required report and paid a civil penalty as provided by this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 39(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Renumbered from Sec. 159.006 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 7.01, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.159.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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