(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
- (1) owns a building that the person leases to another person who operates a boarding home facility in the building;
- (2) has actual knowledge that a resident of the boarding home facility is being or has been abused, neglected, or exploited; and
- (3) fails to report the abuse, neglect, or exploitation to the Department of Family and Protective Services for investigation by that agency.
- (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1046 (S.B. 189), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.