Tex. Government Code § 424.053
OFFENSE: INTENT TO DAMAGE OR DESTROY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY
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- Tex. Government Code § 424.053, OFFENSE: INTENT TO DAMAGE OR DESTROY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/653352
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(a) A person commits an offense if, without the effective consent of the owner, the person enters or remains on or in a critical infrastructure facility with the intent to damage or destroy the facility.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
(d) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor intended to cause only superficial damage to the critical infrastructure facility.