Texas Statutes
Subchapter E. Penalties and Offenses
Section 162.405. Criminal Penalties

Sec. 162.405. CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (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).
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 199, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 209, Sec. 96, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1227 (S.B. 1495), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 990 (H.B. 2148), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1255 (H.B. 1905), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2015.