Texas Penal Code

§ 22.07 — TERRORISTIC THREAT

PE § 22.07Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES

Statute text

(a)A person commits an offense if he threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with intent to:

(1)cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;

(2)place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury;

(3)prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or other form of conveyance, or other public place;

(4)cause impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public service;

(5)place the public or a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2908), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.