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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 TRANSPORTATION CODE
 Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
 Subtitle D. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY
 Chapter 601. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT
 Subchapter G. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE OR OTHERWISE ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; CRIMINAL PENALTIES

  Sec. 601.195. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; OFFENSE

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  • (a) A person commits an offense if the person:

    (1) is required to establish financial responsibility under Subchapter F or K;

    (2) does not maintain evidence of financial responsibility; and

    (3) during the period evidence of financial responsibility must be maintained:

    (A) operates on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person; or

    (B) knowingly permits another person, who is not otherwise permitted to operate a vehicle under this chapter, to operate on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person.

    (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

    (1) a fine not to exceed $500;

    (2) confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed six months; or

    (3) both the fine and the confinement.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.