Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.269
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 131.269, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 131.269. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FALSE STATEMENT, REPRESENTATION, OR CERTIFICATION.
Official statutory text
A person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification or who knowingly fails to make a statement, representation, or certification in an application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter, on conviction by a district court, is punishable by a criminal penalty of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year or by both.
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