{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-7.21","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 7.21","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Agent\" means a director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity.\n(1-a) \"Business entity\" means an entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code, other than a corporation, association, or limited liability company.\n(2) \"High managerial agent\" means:\n(A) a partner in a partnership;\n(B) an officer of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity;\n(C) an agent of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity who has duties of such responsibility that the agent's conduct reasonably may be assumed to represent the policy of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity.\nActs 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1258), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY","CHAPTER 7. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER","SUBCHAPTER B. CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.7.htm#7.21","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"197eb1b44044fb1308a556befee4281a1964bae71ed54ca509af1add5f98163f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-7.03","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-7.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}