{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-557.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 557.012","heading":"CAPITAL SABOTAGE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person commits an offense under Section 557.011(a) and the sabotage or attempted sabotage causes the death of an individual.\n(b) An offense under this section is punishable by:\n(1) death; or\n(2) confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for:\n(A) life; or\n(B) a term of not less than two years.\n(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under other law, the actor may be prosecuted under both sections.\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. 25.074, 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#557.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"bc7d303f86bd3add8e52b7c93f461f8f83371651c101cebccb9c6ae04fd8a1e2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-557.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-557.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}