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Texas Education Code § 51.204

Trespass, Damage, Defacement

Provisions Generally Applicable to Higher Education · Protection of Buildings and Grounds

(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" and "private or independent institution of higher education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) It is unlawful for any person to:

(1) trespass on the grounds of an institution of higher education or of a private or independent institution of higher education; or

(2) damage or deface any of the buildings, statues, monuments, memorials, trees, shrubs, grasses, or flowers on the grounds of an institution of higher education or of a private or independent institution of higher education.

Official text of the Texas Education Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

Official source
Legislative history

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 787 (H.B. 2629), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.

This section refers to

§ 61.003

Sections that refer to this one

Penal § 30.05