Texas Penal Code

§ 42.0601 — FALSE REPORT TO INDUCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE

PE § 42.0601Title 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY · Ch. 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES

Statute text

(a)A person commits an offense if:

(1)the person makes a report of a criminal offense or an emergency or causes a report of a criminal offense or an emergency to be made to a peace officer, law enforcement agency, 9-1-1 service as defined by Section 771.001, Health and Safety Code, official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies, or any other governmental employee or contractor who is authorized to receive reports of a criminal offense or emergency;

(2)the person knows that the report is false;

(3)the report causes an emergency response from a law enforcement agency or other emergency responder; and

(4)in making the report or causing the report to be made, the person is reckless with regard to whether the emergency response by a law enforcement agency or other emergency responder may directly result in bodily injury to another person.

(b)An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 945 (S.B. 1056), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.