Texas Agriculture Code § 14.073 Penalty For Fraud

Sec. 14.073. PENALTY FOR FRAUD. (a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) issues or aids in issuing a receipt or scale weight ticket knowing that the grain covered by the receipt or scale weight ticket has not been actually received at the grain warehouse;

(2) issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for grain knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same grain or any part of the grain is outstanding except as permitted by Section 14.055; or

(3) fraudulently and without proper authority represents, forges, alters, counterfeits, or simulates any license, scale weight ticket, or receipt provided for by this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.

Renumbered from Sec. 14.029 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1124, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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