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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:8.6pt"><b><span style="font-size:19.5pt;color:#1F261F">ATTENTION STUDENTS!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:19.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:8.7pt;text-indent:-.1pt"><span style="color:#1F261F">It is a violation of Texas Penal Code 42.06 to make a false alarm or report to a public<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt">
</span>institution<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.35pt">
</span>higher<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>education.<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt">
</span>A<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>student<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>accused<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-1.35pt">
</span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span>crime<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
</span>may<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt"> </span>face charges<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>up<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-1.45pt"> </span>state<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt">
</span>jail<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>felony<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>be<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt"> </span>referred<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>through<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt">
</span>student<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>judicial process. A full description of the code and subsequent penalty is<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt">
</span>provided below.<span style="letter-spacing:1.9pt"> </span>Please<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>help<span style="letter-spacing:-1.2pt"> </span>us<span style="letter-spacing:-1.45pt">
</span>keep<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt"> </span>our<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt">
</span>university<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>safe<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>report<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt">
</span>any<span style="letter-spacing:-1.05pt"> </span>suspicious<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>activities to<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
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</span>Department<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt">
</span>Dean<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt">
</span>Students<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Office.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.35pt"><b><span style="font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7E1631">Section 42.06 - False Alarm or<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt">
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<span style="color:#1A1F1A">Sec. 42.06. FALSE ALARM OR REPORT. (a) A person commits an offense if he knowingly initiates, communicates or circulates a report of a present, past, or future bombing, fire, offense, or other emergency that he knows is false or
baseless and that would<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>ordinarily:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]> <span style="color:#1A1F1A">cause <span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt">
action </span>by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:15.5pt;color:#1A1F1A"> place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:15.5pt;color:#1A1F1A"> prevent or interrupt the occupation of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, or aircraft, automobile, or other mode of conveyance.</span><span style="font-size:15.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1A1F1A">(4) an</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1A1F1A;letter-spacing:-1.95pt">
</span><span style="color:#1A1F1A">offense<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>
under<span style="letter-spacing:-1.2pt"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt">
</span>section<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-1.5pt">
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</span>A<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>misdemeanor<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">
</span>unless<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt">
</span>false<span style="letter-spacing:-.95pt"> </span>report<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt">
</span>is of an emergency involving a public primary or secondary school, public communications,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.2pt">
</span>public<span style="letter-spacing:-1.15pt"> </span>transportation,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.25pt">
</span>public<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>water,<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt">
</span>gas,<span style="letter-spacing:-1.3pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-1.1pt">
</span>power<span style="letter-spacing:-1.0pt"> </span>supply<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
</span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-1.2pt"> </span>other public service, in which event the offense is a state jail<span style="letter-spacing:-2.35pt">
</span>felony.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:#00386C">Thomas W. Newsom, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Interim Vice President of Student Success and Dean of Students</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Campus Life and Student Development | Halladay Student Services Building, 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352;text-transform:uppercase">P: 903.886.5153 | F: 903.468.6040</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352">Mail:</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#4F5352"> P.O. Box 3011, Commerce, TX 75429</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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