Texas Penal Code
§ 32.44 — RIGGING PUBLICLY EXHIBITED CONTEST
PE § 32.44Title 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY · Ch. 32. FRAUD · Art. D. OTHER DECEPTIVE PRACTICES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if, with intent to affect the outcome (including the score) of a publicly exhibited contest:
(1)he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit on, or threatens harm to:
(A)a participant in the contest to induce him not to use his best efforts; or
(B)an official or other person associated with the contest; or
(2)he tampers with a person, animal, or thing in a manner contrary to the rules of the contest.
(b)A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit the conferring of which is an offense under Subsection (a).
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Legislative history
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.