Sec. 1201.606. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person or a director, officer, or agent of a corporation commits an offense if the person, director, officer, or agent knowingly and wilfully violates this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued by the department in a manner that threatens consumer health or safety.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine of not more than $4,000;
(2) confinement in county jail for a term of not more than one year; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.261(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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