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Tex. Fin. Code § 199.001

SLANDER OR LIBEL OF STATE TRUST COMPANY

Known as the Texas Trust Company Act

The act spans §§ 181–199 (242 sections).

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.16(a), eff

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

(1) knowingly makes, circulates, or transmits to another person an untrue statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a state trust company located in this state; or

(2) intentionally, to injure the state trust company, counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to knowingly make, circulate, or transmit to another person an untrue statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a state trust company located in this state.

(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.