Indiana Code - Criminal Law and Procedure - Title 35, Section 35-43-5-6

Utilizing a device or scheme to avoid being assessed for full amount
of services received from utility or cable TV service provider

Sec. 6. (a) A customer who utilizes any device or scheme to avoid
being assessed for the full amount of services received from a utility
or a cable TV service provider commits a Class B infraction.
(b) Evidence that a customer's metering device has been altered,
removed, or bypassed without the knowledge of or notification to the
utility is prima facie evidence that the customer has utilized a device
or scheme to avoid being assessed for the full amount of services
received from the utility.
(c) Evidence that access to services of a utility or a cable TV
service provider has been obtained without authority from the utility
or the cable TV service provider constitutes prima facie evidence that
the person benefiting from the access has utilized a device or scheme
to avoid being assessed for the full amount of services received from
the utility or the cable TV service provider.

As added by P.L.321-1983, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.324-1985,
SEC.1.

Last modified: May 24, 2006