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

Tex. Transportation Code § 111.053: REFUSAL TO ANSWER BY RAILROAD COMPANY OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

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  1. TRANSPORTATION CODE
  2. TITLE 5. RAILROADS
  3. SUBTITLE C. RAILROADS GENERALLY
  4. CHAPTER 111. REGULATION BY TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. REGULATION OF RAILROADS BY DEPARTMENT

(a) An officer or employee of a railroad company commits an offense if the officer or employee:

(1) fails or refuses to fill out and return a questionnaire to the department as required by law;

(2) fails or refuses to answer any question in a questionnaire;

(3) gives a false answer to any question in a questionnaire if the answer to the question is within the officer's or employee's knowledge; or

(4) evades the answer to any question in a questionnaire.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $500 for each day that the officer or employee violates this section after the date the questionnaire is due to the department.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2011.

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