Sec. 35.012.  CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, in obtaining or attempting to obtain assistance under this chapter for himself or another person:
(1)  makes or causes to be made a statement or representation the person knows to be false;  or
(2)  solicits or accepts any assistance for which the person knows that the person for whom the solicitation is made is not eligible.
(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1208, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.