Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 2153.002. Definitions

(1) “Coin-operated machine” means any kind of machine or device operated by or with a coin or other United States currency, metal slug, token, electronic card, or check, including a music or skill or pleasure coin-operated machine.

(2) “Commissioner” means the Consumer Credit Commissioner.

(3) “Financial interest” includes a legal or equitable interest, including the ownership of shares or bonds of a corporation.

(4) “Music coin-operated machine” means any kind of coin-operated machine, including a phonograph, piano, or graphophone, that:

(5) “Operator” means a person who exhibits or displays, or permits to be exhibited or displayed, a coin-operated machine in this state in a place of business that is not owned by the person.

(6) “Owner” means a person who owns a coin-operated machine in this state.

(7) “Person” includes an individual, association, trustee, receiver, partnership, corporation, or organization or a manager, agent, servant, or employee of an individual, association, trustee, receiver, partnership, corporation, or organization.

(8) “Service coin-operated machine” means any kind of machine or device, including a pay toilet or telephone, that dispenses only a service.  The term does not include a machine or device that dispenses merchandise, music, skill, or pleasure.

(9) “Skill or pleasure coin-operated machine” means any kind of coin-operated machine that dispenses, or is used or is capable of being used to dispense or afford, amusement, skill, or pleasure or is operated for any purpose, other than for dispensing only merchandise, music, or service.  The term: