{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-7.24","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 7.24","heading":"DEFENSE TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY.","body":"It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity under Section 7.22(a)(1) or (a)(2) that the high managerial agent having supervisory responsibility over the subject matter of the offense employed due diligence to prevent its commission.\nActs 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 913, ch. 342, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1975; 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#7.24","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"8f7d88616631067f20ae9042cf9102b2a417e0b4fda8855cd7291c36ee01df98","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-7.23","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-8.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}