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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.051 — Using or revealing trade secret

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 483: DANGEROUS DRUGS, Texas Health and Safety Code.

Full text of Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.051

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Health & Safety Code § 483.051Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses for the person's advantage or reveals to another person, other than to an officer or employee of the board or to a court in a judicial proceeding relevant to this chapter, information relating to dangerous drugs required to be kept under this chapter, if that information concerns a method or process subject to protection as a trade secret. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.

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