Sec. 108.0141.  CRIMINAL PENALTY.  (a)  A person who knowingly accesses data in violation of this chapter or who with criminal negligence releases data in violation of this chapter commits an offense.
(b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 261, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 802, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0355, eff. April 2, 2015.