Tex. Penal Code § 76.046 · Chapter 76. TERRORISTIC OFFENSES
UNAUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN LAW.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "agent of a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization" has the meaning assigned by Section 76.045.
(b) A person commits an offense if, as an agent of a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization, the person, without the approval of this state or the United States:
(1) prevents another person in this state from violating the laws of a foreign government; or
(2) detects, investigates, monitors, or surveilles another person in this state for the purpose of preventing the other person from violating the laws of a foreign government.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 149 (S.B. 1349), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.76.htm
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