Sec. 117.054. CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR INJURING OR DESTROYING PIPELINE FACILITIES. (a) A person who intentionally injures or destroys or attempts to injure or destroy any pipeline facility in this state commits an offense.
(b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not more than $2 million, confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than five years, or both such fine and imprisonment.
(c) In the prosecution of a defendant for multiple offenses under this section, all of the offenses are considered to be part of the same criminal episode, and as required by Section 3.03, Penal Code, the sentences of confinement shall run concurrently. Additionally, the cumulative total of fines imposed under this section may not exceed the maximum amount imposed on conviction of a single offense under this section.
Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4914, ch. 873, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1983.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.138, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 104 (S.B. 900), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.
Last modified: September 28, 2016