Tex. Occ. Code § 2033.013 · Subchapter A. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND PROCEDURES
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if, with an intent to deceive and an intent to obtain a benefit, the person knowingly:
(1) makes a false statement about a horse or greyhound race to another person; or
(2) offers, agrees to convey, or conveys false information about a horse or greyhound race to another person.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if:
(1) the actor:
(A) is a license holder under this subtitle or a commission member or employee; and
(B) knowingly represents that a commission member or employee or a person licensed by the commission is the source of the false information; or
(2) the false statement or information was contained in racing selection information provided to the public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2033.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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