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CHAPTER 389 H.B. No. 12 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the prosecution of the offense of disorderly conduct. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 4 SECTION 1i. Sections 42.01(a), (d), and (e), Penal Code, are 5 amended to read as follows: 6 (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or 7 knowingly: 8 (1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar 9 language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance 10 tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace; 11 (2) makes an offensive gesture or display in a public 12 place, and the gesture or display tends to incite an immediate 13 breach of the peace; 14 (3) creates, by chemical means, a noxious and 15 unreasonable odor in a public place; 16 (4) abuses or threatens a person in a public place in 17 an obviously offensive manner; 18 (5) makes unreasonable noise in a public place other 19 than a sport shooting range, as defined by Section 250.001, Local 20 Government Code, or in or near a private residence that he has no 21 right to occupy; 22 (6) fights with another in a public place; 23 (7) [ceco The prpet cf at and fr a-lewd 24 o un .= af purpo lool int dwelling o the.ropr r..ok
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 12, Chapter 389,
legislative document,
June 20, 2003;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158108/m1/1/:
accessed April 19, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
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