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Ch. 26
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Defined terms: "County" § 1-101
"Person" § 1-101
7-303. INTERFERENCE WITH CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE.
(A) DEFINITIONS.
(1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(2) "CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY" MEANS A FRANCHISED OR PRIVATE
CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY.
(3) "CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE" MEANS:
(I) CABLE AND SATELLITE CABLE PROGRAMMING;
(II) SERVICE PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH THE FACILITY OF A
CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM OR A CLOSED CIRCUIT COAXIAL CABLE
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; OR
(III) A MICROWAVE, SATELLITE, OR SIMILAR TRANSMISSION
SERVICE USED WITH A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM OR A CLOSED CIRCUIT COAXIAL
CABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.
(B) PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF INTENT.
(1) DESTROYING, DAMAGING, CUTTING, TAMPERING WITH, INSTALLING,
TAPPING, REMOVING, DISPLACING, OR CONNECTING WITH A WIRE, CONDUIT,
APPARATUS, OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OF A CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY IS PRIMA
FACIE EVIDENCE OF AN INTENT TO RECEIVE CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES WITHOUT
PAYMENT.
(2) ACTUAL POSSESSION OF A DEVICE DESIGNED TO FACILITATE AN
ACT PROHIBITED BY THIS SECTION, OR POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF A QUANTITY
OF THOSE DEVICES INDICATING POSSESSION FOR RESALE, IS PRIMA FACIE
EVIDENCE OF AN INTENT TO VIOLATE THIS SECTION.
(C) PROHIBITED.
A PERSON MAY NOT:
(1) DESTROY, DAMAGE, CUT, TAMPER WITH, INSTALL, TAP, REMOVE,
DISPLACE, OR CONNECT WITH A WIRE, CONDUIT, APPARATUS, OR OTHER
EQUIPMENT OF A CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY WITH THE INTENT TO RECEIVE
CABLE TELEVISION SERVICES WITHOUT PAYMENT;
(2) PREVENT, OBSTRUCT, OR DELAY THE SENDING, CONVEYANCE,
DISTRIBUTION, OR RECEIVING OF PROGRAMMING MATERIAL TRANSMITTED BY A
CABLE TELEVISION COMPANY;
(3) WITH THE INTENT TO DEPRIVE A PERSON OF LAWFUL
COMPENSATION, RECEIVE, ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE, OR ASSIST ANOTHER TO RECEIVE:
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