(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.