Sec. 31.14. SALE OR LEASE OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO OR INFORMATION SERVICES DEVICE. (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.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 858, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Offenses Against Property
Section 31.02. Consolidation of Theft Offenses
Section 31.04. Theft of Service
Section 31.05. Theft of Trade Secrets
Section 31.06. Presumption for Theft by Check or Similar Sight Order
Section 31.07. Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle
Section 31.09. Aggregation of Amounts Involved in Theft
Section 31.10. Actor's Interest in Property
Section 31.11. Tampering With Identification Numbers
Section 31.12. Theft of or Tampering With Multichannel Video or Information Services
Section 31.14. Sale or Lease of Multichannel Video or Information Services Device
Section 31.16. Organized Retail Theft
Section 31.17. Unauthorized Acquisition or Transfer of Certain Financial Information