Sec. 202.008. PENALTY: DESTRUCTION OR ALIENATION OF RECORD. An officer or employee of a local government commits an offense if the officer or employee knowingly or intentionally violates this subtitle or rules adopted under it by destroying or alienating a local government record in contravention of this subtitle or by intentionally failing to deliver records to a successor in office as provided by Section 201.006(a). An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Records Provisions Applying to More Than One Type of Local Government
Chapter 202 - Destruction and Alienation of Records
Section 202.001. Destruction of Records
Section 202.002. Litigation and Open Records Requests
Section 202.003. Method of Destruction
Section 202.004. Alienation of Records
Section 202.005. Right of Recovery
Section 202.006. Destruction of Nonrecord Material
Section 202.007. Personal Liability
Section 202.008. Penalty: Destruction or Alienation of Record
Section 202.009. Penalty: Possession of Record by Private Entity