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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODETitle 5 - MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEESSubtitle B - COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEESChapter 159 - FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Subchapter B - FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Section 159.036 - Criminal Penalty

Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 159.036

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 159.036 - Criminal Penalty
(a) An officer, candidate, or employee required to file a report by an order adopted under this subchapter commits an offense if the person knowingly fails to file the report as required by the order.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person has filed the required report and paid a civil penalty as provided by this subchapter.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 159.036

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 39(a), eff. 8/28/1989. Renumbered from Sec. 159.006 and amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 304, Sec. 7.01, eff. 1/1/1992.