Section 123.001 - 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.