Sec. 252.006. FRAUDULENTLY INDUCING ISSUANCE OF BILL OF LADING

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(a) A person may not, with intent to defraud, induce an agent of a common carrier to:
(1) issue to the person a bill of lading; or
(2) materially misrepresent in a bill of lading issued on behalf of the common carrier the quantity of goods described in the bill of lading.
(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than five years or less than two years.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 , Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.

                    
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