Tex. Occ. Code § 2153.359 · Subchapter H. PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
CRIMINAL OFFENSE; PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2153.htm
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