This is the authoritarian regime Republicans crave.. I saw this a few weeks ago but didn't think it had a chance to pas even in Texas because you know Texans claim, they are all for "land owner rights"..
Guess not anymore not so long as big oil has it's say..
Yet another unconstitutional law passed by Republicons, they passed a law saying it's now illegal to protest oil pipelines..
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup...6R&Bill=HB3557
https://grist.org/article/texans-cou...heir-own-land/
The fight against a Texas pipeline just got a little more challenging. On Monday, the Texas Senate passed legislation that makes interfering with pipelines and other oil and gas infrastructure a crime punishable by up to a year in prison and $10,000 in fines. And just the “intent to impair or interrupt” operations could still cost you a $4,000 fine and a year behind bars.
The new legislation raises the risk for landowners hoping to block construction of Kinder Morgan’s $2 billion, 430-mile natural gas pipeline from West Texas’ Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast. The proposed project would cut through the Hill Country, an ecologically sensitive 25-county region in Central Texas that is home to the endangered golden-cheeked warbler.