Sec. 36.0011.  CULPABLE MENTAL STATE.  (a)  For purposes of this chapter, a person acts "knowingly" with respect to information if the person:
(1)  has knowledge of the information;
(2)  acts with conscious indifference to the truth or falsity of the information; or
(3)  acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
(b)  Proof of the person's specific intent to commit an unlawful act under Section 36.002 is not required in a civil or administrative proceeding to show that a person acted "knowingly" with respect to information under this chapter.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 806 (S.B. 563), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.