Texas statute
Tex. Penal Code § 12.48 — Certain offenses resulting in loss to nursing and convalescent homes
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 12: PUNISHMENTS, Texas Penal Code.
Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 12.48
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
If it is shown on the trial of an offense under Chapter 31 or 32 that, as a result of a loss incurred because of the conduct charged, a trustee was appointed and emergency assistance funds, other than funds used to pay the expenses of the trustee, were used for a nursing or convalescent home under Subchapter D , Chapter 242 , Health and Safety Code, the punishment for the offense is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category of offense except that a felony of the first degree is punished as a felony of the first degree.
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