Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 123.001 : CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS — INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATION — Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) "Communication" means speech uttered by a person or information including speech that is transmitted in whole or in part with the aid of a wire or cable.
(2) "Interception" means the aural acquisition of the contents of a communication through the use of an interception device that is made without the consent of a party to the communication, but does not include the ordinary use of:
(A) a telephone or telegraph instrument or facility or telephone and telegraph equipment;
(B) a hearing aid designed to correct subnormal hearing to not better than normal;
(C) a radio, television, or other wireless receiver; or
(D) a cable system that relays a public wireless broadcast from a common antenna to a receiver.

Tex. Civ. Prac. and Rem. Code § 123.001

Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1058,Sec. 3.02, eff. 1/1/2019.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1985.
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