Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.387
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 85.387, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 85.387. PROCURING TENDERS AND PERMITS.
Official statutory text
A person shall be imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than two nor more than five years if he:
(1) knowingly procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to approve or issue a permit or tender of the commission relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas that includes a statement or representation that is false and that materially misrepresents the true facts respecting the oil or gas or any product or by-product of either; or
(2) procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to issue to him a permit or tender relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of either with the intent to defraud.
(1) knowingly procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to approve or issue a permit or tender of the commission relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of oil or gas that includes a statement or representation that is false and that materially misrepresents the true facts respecting the oil or gas or any product or by-product of either; or
(2) procures or causes an agent, officer, or employee of the commission to issue to him a permit or tender relating to oil or gas or any product or by-product of either with the intent to defraud.
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