Sec. 42.12. DISCHARGE OF FIREARM IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (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.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 663, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 9 - Offenses Against Public Order and Decency
Chapter 42 - Disorderly Conduct and Related Offenses
Section 42.01. Disorderly Conduct
Section 42.03. Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway
Section 42.04. Defense When Conduct Consists of Speech or Other Expression
Section 42.05. Disrupting Meeting or Procession
Section 42.055. Funeral Service Disruptions
Section 42.06. False Alarm or Report
Section 42.0601. False Report to Induce Emergency Response
Section 42.061. Silent or Abusive Calls to 9-1-1 Service
Section 42.062. Interference With Emergency Request for Assistance
Section 42.08. Abuse of Corpse
Section 42.09. Cruelty to Livestock Animals
Section 42.091. Attack on Assistance Animal
Section 42.092. Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals
Section 42.11. Destruction of Flag
Section 42.12. Discharge of Firearm in Certain Municipalities