Texas Agriculture Code

§ 252.002 — CRIMINAL OFFENSE

AG § 252.002Title 8. PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS · Ch. 252. ANIMAL AND CROP FACILITIES

Statute text

(a)Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person commits an offense if the person:

(1)intentionally releases, steals, destroys, or otherwise causes the loss of an animal or crop from an animal or crop facility without the consent of the owner or operator of the animal or crop facility;

(2)damages, vandalizes, or steals any property on or from an animal or crop facility;

(3)breaks and enters into an animal or crop facility with the intent to destroy or alter records, data, materials, equipment, animals, or crops; or

(4)enters or remains on an animal or crop facility with the intent to commit an act prohibited under this section.

(b)An actor's conduct described by Subsection (a) does not constitute an offense under this section if the actor causes a loss to the animal or crop facility in an amount less than $500.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 997 (H.B. 1480), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.