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Tex. Elec. Code § 33.061

UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Harris Cty Repub (2022)

Most recently applied in La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Harris Cty Repub (March 2022)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff

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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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.