{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-557.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 557.011","heading":"SABOTAGE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person, with the intent to injure the United States, this state, or any facility or property used for national defense sabotages or attempts to sabotage any property or facility used or to be used for national defense.\n(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not less than two years or more than 20 years.\n(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another provision of law, the actor may be prosecuted under both sections.\n(d) In this section, \"sabotage\" means to wilfully and maliciously damage or destroy property.\nAdded by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.073, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 5. OPEN GOVERNMENT; ETHICS","SUBTITLE A. OPEN GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 557. SEDITION, SABOTAGE, AND COMMUNISM","SUBCHAPTER B. SABOTAGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.557.htm#557.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"f59d6543ec2a152b52f9478856b8c10df66e5ff592544417250b68a3845f9307","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-557.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-557.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}