{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-483.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 483.051","heading":"USING OR REVEALING TRADE SECRET.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses for the person's advantage or reveals to another person, other than to an officer or employee of the board or to a court in a judicial proceeding relevant to this chapter, information relating to dangerous drugs required to be kept under this chapter, if that information concerns a method or process subject to protection as a trade secret.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has previously been convicted of an offense under this chapter, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE C. SUBSTANCE ABUSE REGULATION AND CRIMES","CHAPTER 483. DANGEROUS DRUGS","SUBCHAPTER C. CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.483.htm#483.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"6b9641dcbb71421d25a50d0613e7ae58cbc4152f1af0e65f08972c87a1fcfaef","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-483.050","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-483.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}