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2025 Texas Statutes
Tax Code
Title 2 - State Taxation
Subtitle E - Sales, Excise, and Use Taxes
Chapter 156 - Hotel Occupancy Tax
Subchapter E. Enforcement
Section 156.203. Criminal Penalty
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TX Tax Code § 156.203 (2025)
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Sec. 156.203. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person fails to file a report with the comptroller, collect a tax for the state, or pay a tax to the comptroller as the person is required to do by this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1687, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
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