Sec. 431.012. INTERFERENCE WITH STATE MILITARY FORCES

(a) A person who intentionally hinders, delays, or obstructs or who intentionally attempts to hinder, delay, or obstruct a portion of the state military forces on active duty in the service of the state in performance of a military duty commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or by both.

(b) The commanding officer of a portion of the state military forces parading or performing a military duty in a street or highway may require a person in the street or highway to yield right-of-way to the forces, except that the commanding officer may not interfere with the carrying of the United States mail, a legitimate function of the police, or the progress or operation of a hospital ambulance or fire department.

(c) During an occasion of duty, a commanding officer may arrest a person who:

(1) trespasses on the campground, parade ground, armory, or other place devoted to the duty;

(2) interrupts or molests the orderly discharge of duty by those under arms; or

(3) disturbs or prevents the passage of troops going to or coming from duty.

(d) The commanding officer may prohibit and abate as a common nuisance a huckster or auction sale or gambling on the post, campground, or place of encampment, parade, or drill under the officer's command.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.