Tex. Health and Safety Code § 775.118: CRIMINAL PENALTY; CONTEMPT OF FIRE INVESTIGATION.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 9. SAFETY
- SUBTITLE B. EMERGENCIES
- CHAPTER 775. EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICTS
- SUBCHAPTER F. FIRE MARSHAL
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is a witness in connection with an investigation by the fire marshal and:
(1) refuses to be sworn;
(2) refuses to appear and testify; or
(3) fails to produce to the fire marshal any document or item relating to an investigation under this subchapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $25.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 272, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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