Tex. Transp. Code § 111.053 · Subchapter B. REGULATION OF RAILROADS BY DEPARTMENT
REFUSAL TO ANSWER BY RAILROAD COMPANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An officer or employee of a railroad company commits an offense if the officer or employee:
(1) fails or refuses to fill out and return a questionnaire to the department as required by law;
(2) fails or refuses to answer any question in a questionnaire;
(3) gives a false answer to any question in a questionnaire if the answer to the question is within the officer's or employee's knowledge; or
(4) evades the answer to any question in a questionnaire.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $500 for each day that the officer or employee violates this section after the date the questionnaire is due to the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.111.htm
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