Tex. Election Code § 33.061
UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER
Texas · Texas Election Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Election Code § 33.061, UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/640210
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person serves in an official capacity at a location at which the presence of watchers is authorized and knowingly prevents a watcher from observing an activity or procedure the person knows the watcher is entitled to observe, including by taking any action to obstruct the view of a watcher or distance the watcher from the activity or procedure to be observed in a manner that would make observation not reasonably effective.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.