Texas Penal Code
§ 42.12 — DISCHARGE OF FIREARM IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES
PE § 42.12Title 9. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY · Ch. 42. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(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.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 663, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.