Tex. Occ. Code § 2153.355 · Subchapter H. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
CRIMINAL OFFENSE; GENERAL VIOLATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) exhibits or displays a coin-operated machine in this state for which outstanding tax is due;
(2) falsifies, fails to maintain, or refuses or fails to make available to the comptroller or an authorized representative of the comptroller, on request, records of coin-operated machines that the person is required to maintain;
(3) uses an artful device or deceptive practice in this state to conceal a violation of this chapter;
(4) misleads the comptroller or an authorized representative of the comptroller in connection with the enforcement of this chapter;
(5) breaks a seal attached by the comptroller or an authorized representative of the comptroller under Section 2153.352 without the comptroller's approval;
(6) exhibits or displays a coin-operated machine that has a broken seal without the comptroller's approval;
(7) removes a coin-operated machine from the location where the comptroller affixed a seal to the machine; or
(8) violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2153.htm
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