{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.387","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.387","heading":"PROCURING TENDERS AND PERMITS.","body":"A person shall be imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than five years if he:\n(1) knowingly procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to approve or issue a permit or tender of the commission relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas that includes a statement or representation that is false and that materially misrepresents the true facts respecting the oil or gas or any product or by-product of either; or\n(2) procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to issue to him a permit or tender relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of either with the intent to defraud.\nActs 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2529, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.134, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 3. OIL AND GAS","SUBTITLE B. CONSERVATION AND REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS","CHAPTER 85. CONSERVATION OF OIL AND GAS","SUBCHAPTER K. PENALTIES, IMPRISONMENT, AND CONFINEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.85.htm#85.387","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"8baa943e76dbbbe4d5c81510b54803fe4c7fc002bb172e2e612a748a053b4163","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.386","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-85.388"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}