{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-214.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 214.001","heading":"FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINING BENEFITS OR OTHER PAYMENT.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if, to obtain or increase a benefit or other payment, either for the person or another person, under this subtitle, the unemployment compensation law of another state, or any act or program of the United States that is administered by the commission, the person:\n(1) makes a false statement or representation, knowing it to be false; or\n(2) knowingly fails to disclose a material fact.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 214. OFFENSES, PENALTIES, AND SANCTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.214.htm#214.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"d24da17257cea50f690bfd1d5cb1b145bc662fb2316f79d6c80f0ec4c3eeda1b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-213.075","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-214.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}