Texas Penal Code - Section 42.06. False Alarm Or Report
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§ 42.06. FALSE ALARM OR REPORT. (a) A person commits an
offense if he knowingly initiates, communicates or circulates a
report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or
other emergency that he knows is false or baseless and that would
ordinarily:
(1) cause action by an official or volunteer agency
organized to deal with emergencies;
(2) place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily
injury; or
(3) prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building,
room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, or
aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor
unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public
primary or secondary school, public communications, public
transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public
service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1114, ch. 530, § 4, eff. Aug.
27, 1979; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,
1994.
Section: 39.06 42.01 42.02 42.03 42.04 42.05 42.055 42.06 42.061 42.062 42.07 42.072 42.08 42.09 42.091
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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