{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-84.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 84.002","heading":"CRIMINAL OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if, while acting as an attorney, the person agrees to accept as compensation for legal advice provided by the person in a criminal matter the right to publish, in print, film, or otherwise, the account of a crime or the events associated with a crime.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 982, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. ATTORNEYS","CHAPTER 84. UNAUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COMPENSATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.84.htm#84.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"5a24223b73e51a5679ac8672a466843fce4a745adcb0945ce19d01586bc0478e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-84.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-84.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}