Tex. Finance Code § 59.002
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 59.002, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 59.002. SLANDER OR LIBEL OF BANK.
Official statutory text
(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 bank located in this state; or
(2) with intent to injure a bank located in this state, 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 any bank located in this state.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(1) knowingly makes, circulates, or transmits to another person an untrue statement that is derogatory to the financial condition of a bank located in this state; or
(2) with intent to injure a bank located in this state, 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 any bank located in this state.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
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