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Sec. 32.45. MISAPPLICATION OF FIDUCIARY PROPERTY OR PROPERTY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION. (a) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Fiduciary" includes:
(A) trustee, guardian, administrator, executor, conservator, and receiver;
(B) [amended 9/1/97] any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, but not a commercial bailee unless the commercial bailee is a party in a motor fuel sales agreement with a distributor or supplier, as those terms are defined by Section 153.001, Tax Code; and
(C) an officer, manager, employee, or agent carrying on fiduciary functions on behalf of a fiduciary.
(2) "Misapply" means deal with property contrary to:
(A) an agreement under which the fiduciary holds the property; or
(B) a law prescribing the custody or disposition of the property.
(b) A person commits an offense if he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly misapplies property he holds as a fiduciary or property of a financial institution in a manner that involves substantial risk of loss to the owner of the property or to a person for whose benefit the property is held.
(c) An offense under this section is:
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the property misapplied is less than $20;
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the value of the property misapplied is $20 or more but less than $500;
(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property misapplied is $500 or more but less than $1,500;
(4) a state jail felony if the value of the property misapplied is $1,500 or more but less than $20,000;
(5) a felony of the third degree if the value of the property misapplied is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000;
(6) a felony of the second degree if the value of the property misapplied is $100,000 or more but less than $200,000; or
(7) a felony of the first degree if the value of the property misapplied is $200,000 or more.
Before 9/1/97 (a)(1)(B) provided:
(B) any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, but not a commercial bailee; and
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