Tex. Agric. Code § 167.142 · Subchapter F. PENALTIES
DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC TREATMENT FACILITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, without lawful authority:
(1) damages or destroys all or part of a dipping vat, pen, chute, or other facility provided under Section 167.059 of this code by use of any means, including cutting, burning, or tearing down or by use of dynamite or another explosive; or
(2) attempts to damage or destroy all or part of one of those facilities.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1453, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 67, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.167.htm
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