Section 252.006 - Fraudulently Inducing Issuance of Bill of Lading(a) A person may not, with intent to defraud, induce an agent of a common carrier to: (1) issue to the person a bill of lading; or(2) materially misrepresent in a bill of lading issued on behalf of the common carrier the quantity of goods described in the bill of lading.(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than five years or less than two years.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 252.006
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885, Sec. 2.01, eff. 4/1/2009.