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Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.091: FALSE REPORT; FAILURE TO REPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
  3. SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS
  4. CHAPTER 433. TEXAS MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION ACT
  5. SUBCHAPTER F. ENFORCEMENT

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally:

(1) makes or causes to be made a false entry in an account, record, or memorandum kept by a person subject to this chapter;

(2) neglects or fails to make or cause to be made full entries in an account, record, or memorandum kept by a person subject to this chapter of all facts and transactions pertaining to the person's business;

(3) removes from the jurisdiction of this state or mutilates, alters, or otherwise falsifies documentary evidence of a person subject to this chapter; or

(4) refuses to submit to the department, for inspection and copying, documentary evidence in the person's possession or control of a person subject to this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1065, eff. April 2, 2015.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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