Texas Finance Code
§ 119.202 — CRIMINAL SLANDER OR LIBEL
FI § 119.202Title 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES · Part C. SAVINGS BANKS · Ch. 119. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAVINGS BANKS · Art. C. OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013.