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Texas Penal Code - Section 22.09. Tampering With Consumer Product

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§ 22.09. TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT.  (a) In this 
section:           
		(1)  "Consumer Product" means any product offered for 
sale to or for consumption by the public and includes "food" and 
"drugs" as those terms are defined in Section 431.002, Health and 
Safety Code.
		(2)  "Tamper" means to alter or add a foreign substance 
to a consumer product to make it probable that the consumer product 
will cause serious bodily injury.
	(b)  A person commits an offense if he knowingly or 
intentionally tampers with a consumer product knowing that the 
consumer product will be offered for sale to the public or as a gift 
to another.
	(c)  A person commits an offense if he knowingly or 
intentionally threatens to tamper with a consumer product with the 
intent to cause fear, to affect the sale of the consumer product, or 
to cause bodily injury to any person.
	(d)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a felony of the 
second degree unless a person suffers serious bodily injury, in 
which event it is a felony of the first degree.  An offense under 
Subsection (c) is a felony of the third degree.

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2812, ch. 481, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1983.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1008, § 1, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, § 284(32), eff. 
Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 
1, 1994.

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