Sec. 35.012. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person, in obtaining or attempting to obtain assistance under this chapter for himself or another person:
(1) makes or causes to be made a statement or representation the person knows to be false; or
(2) solicits or accepts any assistance for which the person knows that the person for whom the solicitation is made is not eligible.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1208, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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