Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.403
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 161.403, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 161.403. PENALTY FOR DEFRAUDING VETERAN AND STATE.
Official statutory text
A person who defrauds a veteran of his rights and benefits under this chapter by an act of fraud, duress, deceit, coercion, or misrepresentation or a person who uses the purposes or provisions of this chapter to defraud the state or any veteran by an act of fraud, duress, coercion, misrepresentation, or deceit, is guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than 10 years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or by both.
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