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Texas Finance Code § 119.202

Criminal Slander or Libel

Miscellaneous Provisions Applicable to Savings Banks · Offenses and Penalties

(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.

Official text of the Texas Finance Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 464 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013.