Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 424.053 - Offense: Intent to Damage or Destroy Critical Infrastructure Facility(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.Tex. Gov't. Code § 424.053
Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1297,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2019.