Tex. Tax Code § 162.405
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 162.405, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 162.405. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Official statutory text
(a) An offense under Section 162.403(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (7) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(b) An offense under Section 162.403(8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (35), or (36) is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under Section 162.403(14), (15), or (16) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under Section 162.403(6), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), or (24) is a felony of the third degree.
(e) An offense under Section 162.403(25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), or (34) is a felony of the second degree.
(f) Violations of three or more separate offenses under the following sections committed pursuant to one scheme or continuous course of conduct may be considered as one offense and punished as a felony of the second degree:
(1) Section 162.403(6);
(2) Sections 162.403(8) through (11); or
(3) Sections 162.403(17) through (24).
(b) An offense under Section 162.403(8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (35), or (36) is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) An offense under Section 162.403(14), (15), or (16) is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under Section 162.403(6), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), or (24) is a felony of the third degree.
(e) An offense under Section 162.403(25), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), or (34) is a felony of the second degree.
(f) Violations of three or more separate offenses under the following sections committed pursuant to one scheme or continuous course of conduct may be considered as one offense and punished as a felony of the second degree:
(1) Section 162.403(6);
(2) Sections 162.403(8) through (11); or
(3) Sections 162.403(17) through (24).
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