Sec. 1802.302.  FRIVOLOUS CLAIM;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intends to benefit personally or to harm another and the person:
(1)  institutes under this chapter a claim in which the person knows the person has no interest;  or
(2)  institutes under this chapter a frivolous suit or a claim that the person knows is false.
(b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.