{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.107","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.107","heading":"OFFENSES; PENALTIES.","body":"(a) An individual, agency, corporation, or child-care facility that violates a provision of the compact commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.\n(b) An individual, agency, corporation, child-care facility, or general residential operation in this state that violates Article IV of the compact commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor. On conviction, the court shall revoke any license to operate as a child-care facility or general residential operation issued by the Department of Family and Protective Services to the entity convicted and shall revoke any license or certification of the individual, agency, or corporation necessary to practice in the state.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Renumbered from Family Code Sec. 162.113 and amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 846, Sec. 8, eff. June 16, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.102, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","CHAPTER 162. ADOPTION","SUBCHAPTER B. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.107","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"3f77a4581b069df3c26cd6fb7a95edefa602fa65b15340d24cd80b88217e6753","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.106","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}