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Texas Finance Code § 122.251

Defamation

Organizational and Financial Requirements · Misconduct and Enforcement

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) makes, circulates, or transmits to another person a false statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a credit union with the intent to injure that credit union; or

(2) counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to make, circulate, or transmit a false statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a credit union with the intent to injure that credit union.

(b) An offense under this section is a third degree felony.

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

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Legislative history

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.