{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-326.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 326.002","heading":"AUTOMATED SALES SUPPRESSION DEVICES AND PHANTOM-WARE PROHIBITED; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly sells, purchases, installs, transfers, uses, or possesses an automated sales suppression device or phantom-ware.\n(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 427 (S.B. 529), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS","SUBTITLE B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 326. AUTOMATED SALES SUPPRESSION DEVICES; PHANTOM-WARE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.326.htm#326.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"51ef3b676bc04010577033a9aa078f1d2dc8c9402c5f80dacf23c6daa72c35cf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-326.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-327.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}