When the person making such threat is brought before a magistrate, he may compel him to give security to keep the peace, or commit him to custody.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 6.04
MAY COMPEL OFFENDER TO GIVE SECURITY
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.