{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-76.046","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 76.046","heading":"UNAUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN LAW.","body":"(a) In this section, \"agent of a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization\" has the meaning assigned by Section 76.045.\n(b) A person commits an offense if, as an agent of a foreign government or foreign terrorist organization, the person, without the approval of this state or the United States:\n(1) prevents another person in this state from violating the laws of a foreign government; or\n(2) detects, investigates, monitors, or surveilles another person in this state for the purpose of preventing the other person from violating the laws of a foreign government.\n(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 149 (S.B. 1349), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 12. TERRORISM","CHAPTER 76. TERRORISTIC OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.76.htm#76.046","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"e2b68d5b588553dc7bd88a7d65b53b2a8c7711c4cf43e386bddf8d75c91570e1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-76.045","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-76.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}