Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.073
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 14.073, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 14.073. PENALTY FOR FRAUD.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) issues or aids in issuing a receipt or scale weight ticket knowing that the grain covered by the receipt or scale weight ticket has not been actually received at the grain warehouse;
(2) issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for grain knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same grain or any part of the grain is outstanding except as permitted by Section 14.055; or
(3) fraudulently and without proper authority represents, forges, alters, counterfeits, or simulates any license, scale weight ticket, or receipt provided for by this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
(1) issues or aids in issuing a receipt or scale weight ticket knowing that the grain covered by the receipt or scale weight ticket has not been actually received at the grain warehouse;
(2) issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for grain knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same grain or any part of the grain is outstanding except as permitted by Section 14.055; or
(3) fraudulently and without proper authority represents, forges, alters, counterfeits, or simulates any license, scale weight ticket, or receipt provided for by this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
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