Sec. 71.203.  CRIMINAL PENALTY: FRAUDULENT FILING.  (a)  A person may not knowingly or intentionally sign and present for filing or cause to be presented for filing a document authorized or required to be filed under this chapter that:
(1)  indicates that the person signing the document has the authority to act on behalf of the entity for which the document is presented and the person does not have that authority;
(2)  contains a material false statement; or
(3)  is forged.
(b)  A person commits an offense if the person violates Subsection (a).  An offense under this subsection is punishable as if it were an offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.