{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-119.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 119.202","heading":"CRIMINAL SLANDER OR LIBEL.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) knowingly makes, utters, circulates, or transmits to another person a statement that is untrue and derogatory to the financial condition of a savings bank; or\n(2) with intent to injure a savings bank counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to originate, make, utter, transmit, or circulate a statement or rumor that is untrue and derogatory to the financial condition of the savings bank.\n(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE C. SAVINGS BANKS","CHAPTER 119. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAVINGS BANKS","SUBCHAPTER C. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.119.htm#119.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"7f315b73bc3997471d9f2e4cb4e828e2471b520caaca721de4cedd3ebc603955","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-119.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-121.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}