Attachment II SECTION 42.01 OF THE TEXAS PENAL CODE DISORDERLY CONDUCT
- (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly:
- (1) uses abusive, indecent, profane, or vulgar language in a public place, and the language by its very utterance tends to incite an immediate breach of the peace;
- (2) makes an offensive gesture or display in a public place, and the gesture or display tends to incite an immediate breach of peace;
- (3) creates, by chemical means, a noxious and unreasonable odor in a public place;
- (4) abuses or threatens a person in a public place in an obviously offensive manner;
- (5) makes unreasonable noise in a public place or in or near a private residence that he has no right to occupy;
- (6) fights with another in a public place;
- (7) enters on the property of another and for a lewd or unlawful purpose looks into a dwelling on the property through any window or other opening in the dwelling;
- (8) while on the premises of a hotel or comparable establishment, for a lewd or unlawful purpose looks into a guest room not his own through a window or other opening in the room;
- (9) discharges a firearm in a public place other than a public road;
- (10) displays a firearm or other deadly weapon in a public place in a manner calculated to alarm;
- (11) discharges a firearm on or across a public road; or
- (12) exposes his anus or genitals in a public place and is reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or alarmed by his act.
- (b) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(4) of this section that the actor had significant provocation for his abusive or threatening conduct.
- (c) For purposes of this section, an act is deemed to occur in a public place or near a private residence if it produces its offensive or proscribed consequences in the public place or near a private residence.
- (d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless committed under Subsection (a)(9) or (a)(10) of this section, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor; and further provide that a person who violates Subsection (a)(11) is guilty of a misdemeanor of not less than $25.00 nor more than $200.00, on a second conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $200.00 nor more than $500.00, and on a third or subsequent conviction is punishable by a fine of $500.00.