Texas Penal Code - Section 39.05. Failure To Report Death Of Prisoner

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§ 39.05. FAILURE TO REPORT DEATH OF PRISONER.  (a) A 
person commits an offense if the person is required to conduct an 
investigation and file a report by Article 49.18, Code of Criminal 
Procedure, and the person fails to investigate the death, fails to 
file the report as required, or fails to include in a filed report 
facts known or discovered in the investigation.
	(b)  A person commits an offense if the person is required by 
Section 501.055, Government Code, to:
		(1)  give notice of the death of an inmate and the 
person fails to give the notice;  or
		(2)  conduct an investigation and file a report and the 
person:             
			(A)  fails to conduct the investigation or file 
the report;  or            
			(B)  fails to include in the report facts known to 
the person or discovered by the person in the investigation.
	(c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.                   

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2510, ch. 441, § 2, eff. Sept. 
1, 1983.  Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 39.022 and 
amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
1994.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, § 1.104, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1995.

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