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Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.386: FORGING NAMES ON PERMITS AND TENDERS.
Where this section sits in the code
- NATURAL RESOURCES CODE
- TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS
- SUBTITLE B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS
- CHAPTER 85. CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS
- SUBCHAPTER K. PENALTIES, IMPRISONMENT, AND CONFINEMENT
A person shall be imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than five years if he:
(1) forges the name of an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to a permit or tender of the commission relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas;
(2) forges the name of any person to such a tender or permit; or
(3) knowingly uses a forged instrument to induce another to handle or transport oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas.
Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2529, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.133, eff. September 1, 2009.
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