Sec. 89.101. CRIMINAL SLANDER. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) knowingly makes, utters, circulates, or transmits to another person a statement that is untrue and derogatory to the financial condition of an association; or
(2) with intent to injure an association 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.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.062, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013.
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