Texas Election Code
§ 33.061 — UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER
EL § 33.061Title 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS · Ch. 33. WATCHERS · Art. C. SERVICE
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person serves in an official capacity at a location at which the presence of watchers is authorized and knowingly prevents a watcher from observing an activity or procedure the person knows the watcher is entitled to observe, including by taking any action to obstruct the view of a watcher or distance the watcher from the activity or procedure to be observed in a manner that would make observation not reasonably effective.
(b)An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by:
Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 4.09, eff. December 2, 2021.