Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.118 · Subchapter F. FIRE MARSHAL
CRIMINAL PENALTY; CONTEMPT OF FIRE INVESTIGATION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 272, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.775.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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