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Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0447

FALSE REPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Oliva v. State (2018)

Most recently applied in Oliva v. State (May 2018)

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 526 (H.B. 877), Sec. 2, eff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally files a complaint alleging that a child-care facility or registered or listed family home failed to comply with the commission's minimum standards and the person knows the allegation is false or lacks factual foundation.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the person has previously been convicted under this section, in which case the offense 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.