Sec. 12.08. CIVIL ACTIONS FOR MONEY WRONGFULLY PAID OUT OR OBTAINED. The board of trustees may recover by civil action from any offending party or from the party's sureties, if any, any money paid out or obtained from the fund through fraud, misrepresentation, defalcation, theft, embezzlement, or misapplication and may institute, conduct, and maintain the action in the name of the board of trustees for the use and benefit of the fund.

Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 412, ch. 183, Sec. 1 to 22, eff. May 13, 1975. Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 525, ch. 248, Sec. 1 to 5, eff. Aug. 27, 1979; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 298, ch. 120, Sec. 1, 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 591, ch. 237, Sec. 123, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 372, Sec. 1 to 10, eff. Aug. 26, 1985; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 358, Sec. 1 to 9, eff. Aug. 31, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 375, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 863, Sec. 1 to 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 453, Sec. 1 to 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 69, Sec. 1 to 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 282, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 30, Sec. 1 to 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 177, Sec. 1 to 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 601, Sec. 1 to 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, Sec. 166, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 2829), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 192, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1354 (S.B. 1286), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 162 (H.B. 1756), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 162 (H.B. 1756), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 162 (H.B. 1756), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 162 (H.B. 1756), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 162 (H.B. 1756), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.