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