(1) A person commits the offense of aiding the avoidance of telecommunications charges when he or she knowingly publishes the number or code of an existing, canceled, revoked, expired, or nonexistent telephone credit card with the purpose of avoiding payment of lawful telecommunications charges.

(2) Aiding the avoidance of telecommunications charges is a Class B offense.

(3) for purposes of this section, the term “publish” means to communicate information to any one or more persons, either orally in person, by telephone, radio, or television, or in a writing of any kind, including but not limited to a letter, memorandum, circular, handbill, newspaper or magazine article, or book.