Sec. 323.015. COMPUTER SECURITY; PENALTY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly gains access to information stored or maintained by a computer under the control of the council and the person is not authorized by the council to have access to that information.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly damages, destroys, deletes, or alters or impairs access to or use of information stored or maintained by a computer under the control of the council and the person is not authorized by the council to do so.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to an interruption of utility service or other service that causes the damage, destruction, deletion, or alteration of or impairment of access to or use of the information unless the interruption was intended to have that result.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 2.11(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle C - Legislative Agencies and Oversight Committees
Chapter 323 - Texas Legislative Council
Section 323.001. Creation and Membership
Section 323.004. Expenses of Members
Section 323.005. Council Expenditures; Salaries
Section 323.006. Powers and Duties
Section 323.007. Statutory Revision Program
Section 323.008. Statutory Revision Advisory Committee
Section 323.009. Orientation for Members-Elect
Section 323.010. Investigations and Surveys
Section 323.012. Assistance From Other Agencies
Section 323.014. Computer Access, Information, and Use
Section 323.0145. Electronic Availability of Legislative Information Through the Internet
Section 323.015. Computer Security; Penalty
Section 323.016. Gifts and Grants
Section 323.017. Confidential and Privileged Communications
Section 323.018. Records of Drafting and Other Requests
Section 323.019. Statistical and Demographic Information and Studies
Section 323.020. Contracts to Perform Statistical or Demographic Analysis; Confidentiality