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Tex. Penal Code § 12.48

CERTAIN OFFENSES RESULTING IN LOSS TO NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES

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Tex. Penal Code § 12.48, CERTAIN OFFENSES RESULTING IN LOSS TO NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/563117
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If it is shown on the trial of an offense under Chapter 31 or 32 that, as a result of a loss incurred because of the conduct charged, a trustee was appointed and emergency assistance funds, other than funds used to pay the expenses of the trustee, were used for a nursing or convalescent home under Subchapter D, Chapter 242, Health and Safety Code, the punishment for the offense is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category of offense except that a felony of the first degree is punished as a felony of the first degree.