Sec. 260.0091.  REQUIRED REPORT BY LESSOR OF ABUSE, NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION; CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
(1)  owns a building that the person leases to another person who operates a boarding home facility in the building;
(2)  has actual knowledge that a resident of the boarding home facility is being or has been abused, neglected, or exploited; and
(3)  fails to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the Department of Family and Protective Services for investigation by that agency.
(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 189), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.