VIOL OF MOTOR FUEL TAX REQUIREMENTS

Texas Tax Code Chapter 162 imposes the state's motor fuel taxes on gasoline, diesel, and related fuels, and Texas Tax Code § 162.403 lists dozens of criminal violations of its licensing, collection, documentation, and remittance requirements. Texas Tax Code § 162.405 grades those violations, and subsection (e) designates the most serious group, subdivisions (25) through (34) of § 162.403, as second-degree felonies. That group covers conduct such as failing to remit tax funds collected; selling dyed diesel fuel tax-free to unauthorized buyers; selling gasoline tax-free to a person not licensed as an aviation fuel dealer; purchasing fuel tax-free without authorization or with intent to evade the tax; transporting fuel without the required shipping document; importing, selling, blending, or storing fuel on which the tax was never paid; blending products to expand fuel volume; and evading or attempting to evade a motor fuel tax in any manner.

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

Across 1,065 Texas bail settings for this charge (8 counties, Apr 2022 – Jun 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $20,000 (middle half: $10,000 – $50,000). 6% of defendants were released on a personal bond, and bail was denied in 190 cases. When this was the only charge at booking (109 records), the median was $20,000 and 17% got a personal bond.

Showing the 5 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.