Texas § 33.061 UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER.

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§ 33.061 — UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER.

Texas § 33.061

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Bluebook

Tex. Election Code Code Ann. § 33.061 (2026).

Text

Sec. 33.061. UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER.

(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.

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Sec. 33.061. UNLAWFULLY OBSTRUCTING WATCHER. (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.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1 ), Sec. 4.09, eff. December 2, 2021.