{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-122.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 122.251","heading":"DEFAMATION.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:\n(1) makes, circulates, or transmits to another person a false statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a credit union with the intent to injure that credit union; or\n(2) counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to make, circulate, or transmit a false statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a credit union with the intent to injure that credit union.\n(b) An offense under this section is a third degree felony.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE D. CREDIT UNIONS","CHAPTER 122. ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS","SUBCHAPTER F. MISCONDUCT AND ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.122.htm#122.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"6bb7629e0ef515bc536573e35176d900a714789df705e9dde5eb3b0a3f03e5be","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-122.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-122.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}