Interference With Inspection; Criminal Penalties

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.0815, under Chapter 433.

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 433.0815

Sec. 433.0815. INTERFERENCE WITH INSPECTION; CRIMINAL PENALTIES. (a) A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise interferes with a livestock inspector while the inspector is performing a duty under this chapter. (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. (c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the interruption, disruption, impediment, or interference alleged consisted of speech only. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 730, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.