Publication of Telecommunications Access Device

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

1 Degree
2 Statute(s)
3 Caselaw
4 Collateral Consequences
5 Notes

Degree

It is a Class A misdemeanor to publish a telecommunications access device designed to steal telecommunications service, except that it is a third degree felony to do so having been previously convicted of an offense under this chapter.

Statute(s)

§ 33A.05. PUBLICATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS DEVICE.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence publishes a telecommunications access device or counterfeit telecommunications access device that is designed to be used to commit an offense under Section 33A.04.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree if the person has been previously convicted of an offense under this chapter.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 306, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.