Texas HB5414 creates a criminal offense for reckless driving on agricultural land and provides immunity from civil liability for justified use of.
Texas HB5414 amends the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to provide immunity from civil liability for personal injury or death resulting from the justified use or threat of force or deadly force to protect agricultural land. It also amends the Penal Code to justify the use of force, including deadly force, against those interfering unlawfully with agricultural land. The bill creates a criminal offense for knowingly operating a motor vehicle or other conveyance recklessly at excessive speeds on agricultural land, classifying it as a Class A misdemeanor or a third-degree felony.
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