Sec. 601.195.  OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
(1)  is required to establish financial responsibility under Subchapter F or K; 
(2)  does not maintain evidence of financial responsibility;  and
(3)  during the period evidence of financial responsibility must be maintained:
(A)  operates on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person;  or
(B)  knowingly permits another person, who is not otherwise permitted to operate a vehicle under this chapter, to operate on a highway a motor vehicle owned by the person.
(b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1)  a fine not to exceed $500;
(2)  confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed six months;  or
(3)  both the fine and the confinement.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.