{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-323.015","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 323.015","heading":"COMPUTER SECURITY; PENALTY.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 2.11(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. LEGISLATIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE C. LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES","CHAPTER 323. TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.323.htm#323.015","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"ce30b15b3f01987930abd0602335a0f6e2fbcfd08215f868cb13034812b461dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-323.0145","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-323.016"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}