Texas statute
Tex. Penal Code § 7.23 — Criminal responsibility of person for conduct in behalf of corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 7: CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF ANOTHER, Texas Penal Code.
Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 7.23
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.
(a) An individual is criminally responsible for conduct that the individual performs in the name of or in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity to the same extent as if the conduct were performed in the individual's own name or behalf. (b) An agent having primary responsibility for the discharge of a duty to act imposed by law on a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity is criminally responsible for omission to discharge the duty to the same extent as if the duty were imposed by law directly on the agent. (c) If an individual is convicted of conduct constituting an offense performed in the name of or on behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity, the individual is subject to the sentence authorized by law for an individual convicted of the offense.
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