Texas Health and Safety Code 433.091 – False Report; Failure to Report; Criminal Penalty
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally:
(1) makes or causes to be made a false entry in an account, record, or memorandum kept by a person subject to this chapter;
(2) neglects or fails to make or cause to be made full entries in an account, record, or memorandum kept by a person subject to this chapter of all facts and transactions pertaining to the person’s business;
(3) removes from the jurisdiction of this state or mutilates, alters, or otherwise falsifies documentary evidence of a person subject to this chapter; or
(4) refuses to submit to the department, for inspection and copying, documentary evidence in the person’s possession or control of a person subject to this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 433.091
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005