The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Penal Code §§ 12.22, 12.23, 12.34
- Issued
- 1974-01-01 Jan. 1, 1974
- Effective
- standing (read as 1974-01-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Jan. 1, 1974 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Texas DUT-TX
Operative words
An individual adjudged guilty of a Class B misdemeanor shall be punished by: (1) a fine not to exceed $2,000; (2) confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days; or (3) both... a Class C misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.... a felony of the third degree shall be punished by imprisonment... for any term of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years.
Penalty
What it required
The punishment ranges that give content to the offenses in this folder: the Class B misdemeanor of Health and Safety Code § 81.087 (Ex. DUT-TX-006), the Class C misdemeanor of § 437.016 (Ex. DUT-TX-018) and the third-degree felony of § 81.085(h) (Ex. DUT-TX-005), the last also carrying a fine to $10,000 under § 12.34(b).
Retrieval noteOfficial chapter page rendered September 29, 2026; the history lines in the exhibit show §§ 12.22 and 12.23 unchanged since 1994.