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Texas Occupations Code § 2153.359

Criminal Offense; Prohibited Transactions

Coin-Operated Machines · Penalties and Enforcement Provisions

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) personally or by an agent, contracts orally or in writing to convey by lease, sublease, or other form an interest in real property if:

(A) the person has a financial interest in a business required to be licensed under this chapter; and

(B) the contract contains a provision that limits the other party's right to obtain a music or skill or pleasure coin-operated machine from any source; or

(2) obtains or attempts to obtain a contract of lease or bailment of a music or skill or pleasure coin-operated machine by coercion, threats, or intimidation, or through the commission of, or threat to commit, an act prohibited by a state penal law or Title 4, Finance Code.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.