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Tex. Penal Code § 42.12 — Discharge of firearm in certain municipalities

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 42: DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 42.12

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 42.12Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly discharges a firearm inside the corporate limits of a municipality having a population of 100,000 or more. (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the person may be prosecuted under either section. (d) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority of a municipality to enact an ordinance which prohibits the discharge of a firearm.

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