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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:8.7pt"><span style="color:#1F261F">ATTENTION STUDENTS!
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:8.7pt;text-indent:-.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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">
</span>University<span style="letter-spacing:.25pt"> </span>Policy<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</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>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:8.7pt;text-indent:-.1pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F261F"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.35pt">Section 42.06 - False Alarm or<span style="letter-spacing:2.75pt">
</span>Report<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.35pt"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.35pt"><span style="color:#1F261F">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 ordinarily:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:65%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F261F">cause .action by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F261F"> 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:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F261F">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F261F">(4) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public primary or secondary school, public communications, public transportation, public water,
gas, or power supply or other public service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">Judy Sackfield<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">Vice President for Student Success<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">& Dean of Students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">Campus Life & Student Success<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">McDowell Administration Building Rm 296<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">P.O. Box 3011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">Commerce, Texas 75429<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#1F261F">903-886-5171<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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