Tex. Util. Code § 186.004 · Subchapter A. CONTINUITY OF UTILITY SERVICE
UNLAWFUL PICKETING, THREATS, OR INTIMIDATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not:
(1) picket the plant, premises, or other property of a public utility with intent to disrupt the service of that utility or to prevent the maintenance of that service; or
(2) engage in picketing that has the effect of disrupting the service of a public utility or preventing the maintenance of that service.
(b) A person may not:
(1) intimidate, threaten, or harass an employee of a public utility with intent to disrupt the service of the utility or prevent the maintenance of that service; or
(2) intimidate, threaten, or harass an employee of a public utility if that conduct has the effect of disrupting the service of the utility or preventing the maintenance of that service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/UT/htm/UT.186.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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