{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.142","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Agriculture Code § 167.142","heading":"DESTRUCTION OF PUBLIC TREATMENT FACILITIES.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person, without lawful authority:\n(1) damages or destroys all or part of a dipping vat, pen, chute, or other facility provided under Section 167.059 of this code by use of any means, including cutting, burning, or tearing down or by use of dynamite or another explosive; or\n(2) attempts to damage or destroy all or part of one of those facilities.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1453, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 67, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (H.B. 1807), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 773 (S.B. 1095), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["AGRICULTURE CODE","TITLE 6. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS","SUBTITLE C. CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES AND PESTS","CHAPTER 167. TICK ERADICATION","SUBCHAPTER F. PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.167.htm#167.142","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:50Z","sha256":"5eadd56383c1acbc1b3ca4e542edc11a460a25519025ffd9f56d1f0c6fd38d74","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.141","next":"us-tx/tex.-agriculture-code-167.143"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}