Texas Finance Code - Section 89.101. Criminal Slander
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§ 89.101. CRIMINAL SLANDER. (a) A person commits an
offense if the person, with intent to injure an association or a
federal association in this state:
(1) knowingly makes, utters, circulates, or transmits
to another person a statement that is untrue and derogatory to the
financial condition of the association or federal association; or
(2) counsels, aids, procures, or induces another
person to originate, make, utter, transmit, or circulate a
statement or rumor that is untrue and derogatory to the financial
condition of the association or federal association.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is punishable by:
(1) a fine not to exceed $2,500;
(2) imprisonment in the institutional division of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not more than two years;
or
(3) both the fine and imprisonment.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 89.004 89.005 89.006 89.007 89.008 89.051 89.052 89.101 89.102 91.001 91.002 91.003 91.004 91.005 91.006
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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