Sec. 119.202. CRIMINAL SLANDER OR LIBEL. (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 a savings bank; or
(2) with intent to injure a savings bank 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 savings bank.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013.
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