Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 85.386 · Subchapter K. PENALTIES, IMPRISONMENT, AND CONFINEMENT
FORGING NAMES ON PERMITS AND TENDERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person shall be imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than five years if he:
(1) forges the name of an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to a permit or tender of the commission relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas;
(2) forges the name of any person to such a tender or permit; or
(3) knowingly uses a forged instrument to induce another to handle or transport oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2529, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.133, eff. September 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.85.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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