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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 851.101: OFFENSES; PENALTY.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 8. PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
  3. SUBTITLE G. TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
  4. CHAPTER 851. GENERAL PROVISIONS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. PENAL PROVISIONS

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly makes a false statement in a report or application to the retirement system in an attempt to defraud the retirement system.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly makes a false certificate of an official report to the retirement system.

(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, confinement in jail for not less than 30 days nor more than one year, or both.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 61.101 by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

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