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Texas Occupations Code § 2155.002

Criminal Penalties

Hotels and Boardinghouses · Notification of Lodging Rates

(a) A hotel owner or keeper commits an offense if the person does not post a room rate as required by Section 2155.001(a).

(b) A hotel owner, keeper, or employee commits an offense if the person does not give a guest a ticket as required by Section 2155.001(c).

(c) A hotel owner, keeper, or employee commits an offense if the person knowingly charges a guest a room rate for a room that is more than the posted rate for that room. Each day an excessive rate is charged is a separate offense.

(d) An offense under Subsection (a) or (c) is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $100;

(2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 30 days; or

(3) both a fine and confinement.

(e) An offense under Subsection (b) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $100.

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

Official source
Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

This section refers to

§ 2155.001