Texas Education Code - Section 37.152. Personal Hazing Offense
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§ 37.152. PERSONAL HAZING OFFENSE. (a) A person commits
an offense if the person:
(1) engages in hazing;
(2) solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts
to aid another in engaging in hazing;
(3) recklessly permits hazing to occur; or
(4) has firsthand knowledge of the planning of a
specific hazing incident involving a student in an educational
institution, or has firsthand knowledge that a specific hazing
incident has occurred, and knowingly fails to report that knowledge
in writing to the dean of students or other appropriate official of
the institution.
(b) The offense of failing to report is a Class B
misdemeanor.
(c) Any other offense under this section that does not cause
serious bodily injury to another is a Class B misdemeanor.
(d) Any other offense under this section that causes serious
bodily injury to another is a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) Any other offense under this section that causes the
death of another is a state jail felony.
(f) Except if an offense causes the death of a student, in
sentencing a person convicted of an offense under this section, the
court may require the person to perform community service, subject
to the same conditions imposed on a person placed on community
supervision under Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, for an appropriate period of time in lieu of confinement
in county jail or in lieu of a part of the time the person is
sentenced to confinement in county jail.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 37.121 37.122 37.123 37.124 37.125 37.126 37.151 37.152 37.153 37.154 37.155 37.156 37.157 37.201 37.202
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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