Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0391
This is the official text of Tex. Human Resources Code § 32.0391, part of Texas’s Human Resources Code — governs state social services and welfare programs.
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§ 32.0391. CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly commits a violation under Section 32.039(b)(3), (4), (5), (6), or (7).
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another provision of law, including a provision in the Penal Code, the person may be prosecuted under either this section or the other provision.
(d) With the consent of the appropriate local county or district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an offense under this section.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another provision of law, including a provision in the Penal Code, the person may be prosecuted under either this section or the other provision.
(d) With the consent of the appropriate local county or district attorney, the attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with that consenting local prosecutor to prosecute an offense under this section.
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