Tex. Penal Code § 9.55 · Subchapter E. LAW ENFORCEMENT
USE OF LESS-LETHAL FORCE WEAPON.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "less-lethal force weapon" means:
(1) any weapon, device, or munition that is designed, made, or adapted to expel a projectile or multiple projectiles against a target to temporarily incapacitate the target while minimizing the risk of serious bodily injury or death;
(2) a chemical dispensing device;
(3) a device used to strike a person; or
(4) a stun gun, as defined by Section 38.14.
(b) This section applies only to a guard employed by a correctional facility or a peace officer who is engaged in the discharge of the guard's or officer's official duties.
(c) A person to whom this section applies is justified in using force with a less-lethal force weapon against another when and to the degree the person reasonably believes the force was necessary to accomplish the person's official duties as a guard or officer and if the person's use of the weapon is in substantial compliance with the person's training.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 514 (S.B. 2570), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm
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