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Tex. Penal Code § 31.14 — Sale or lease of multichannel video or information services device

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

Part of Chapter 31: THEFT, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 31.14

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. Penal Code § 31.14Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly sells or leases, with an intent to aid in the commission of an offense under Section 31.12 , a device, a kit or part for a device, or a plan for a system of components wholly or partly designed to make intelligible an encrypted, encoded, scrambled, or other nonstandard signal carried or caused by a multichannel video or information services provider. (b) In this section, "device," "encrypted, encoded, scrambled, or other nonstandard signal," and "multichannel video or information services provider" have the meanings assigned by Section 31.12 . (c) This section does not prohibit the sale or lease of satellite receiving antennas that are otherwise permitted by state or federal law without providing notice to the comptroller. (d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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