{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2153.355","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.355","heading":"CRIMINAL OFFENSE; GENERAL VIOLATIONS.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) exhibits or displays a coin-operated machine in this state for which outstanding tax is due;\n(2) falsifies, fails to maintain, or refuses or fails to make available to the comptroller or an authorized representative of the comptroller, on request, records of coin-operated machines that the person is required to maintain;\n(3) uses an artful device or deceptive practice in this state to conceal a violation of this chapter;\n(4) misleads the comptroller or an authorized representative of the comptroller in connection with the enforcement of this chapter;\n(5) breaks a seal attached by the comptroller or an authorized representative of the comptroller under Section 2153.352 without the comptroller's approval;\n(6) exhibits or displays a coin-operated machine that has a broken seal without the comptroller's approval;\n(7) removes a coin-operated machine from the location where the comptroller affixed a seal to the machine; or\n(8) violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE D. OTHER AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT","CHAPTER 2153. COIN-OPERATED MACHINES","SUBCHAPTER H. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2153.htm#2153.355","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"650c5ceb94d2f786ee0948855b6c25acecbe789e993af4e3c01c5d438248569e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2153.354","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2153.356"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}