Sec. 122.254. FALSE STATEMENTS OR DOCUMENTS; DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person, knowingly and with the intent to deceive:

(1) makes a false entry on a record, report, or statement of a credit union; or

(2) in connection with an examination or investigation of a credit union by the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or the department's authorized examiner, exhibits a false paper, instrument, or security or gives under oath a false answer to a question directly related to the examination or investigation asked the person by the commissioner, the deputy commissioner, or the department's authorized examiner.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly removes, destroys, or conceals a record of the credit union for the purpose of concealing a fact or information from the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or the department's authorized examiner.

(c) An offense under this section is a third degree felony.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.