{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-199.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 199.001","heading":"SLANDER OR LIBEL OF STATE TRUST COMPANY.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) knowingly makes, circulates, or transmits to another person an untrue statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a state trust company located in this state; or\n(2) intentionally, to injure the state trust company, counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to knowingly make, circulate, or transmit to another person an untrue statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a state trust company located in this state.\n(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE F. TRUST COMPANIES","CHAPTER 199. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.199.htm#199.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"e87f25a50ae2c7a4700134bd4b6ff5f6e97375fc9c6acd5bcf2f23b5300e04bf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-187.306","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-199.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}