Sec. 17.154. CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates Section 17.051, 17.052, 17.053, 17.054, or 17.055 or a rule adopted by the commissioner to enforce or implement those sections.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) refuses to permit a person authorized by Section 17.102 to test any motor fuel sold or held for sale in this state;
(2) refuses to permit inspection of any document required to be kept or delivered by this chapter on request of a person authorized to inspect the documents under Section 17.053 or 17.054; or
(3) mutilates, destroys, secretes, forges, or falsifies any document, record, report, or sign required to be delivered, kept, filed, or posted by this chapter or any rule adopted by the commissioner to enforce this chapter.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class B misdemeanor.
(e) The commissioner or the authorized representative of the commissioner may request the appropriate prosecuting attorney to prosecute a violation of this chapter.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.06, eff. April 1, 2009.
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