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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81.212

EVADING OR RESISTING APPREHENSION OR TRANSPORT; CRIMINAL PENALTY

Known as the Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Act

The act spans §§ 81–81 (155 sections).

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 314 (H.B. 1690), Sec. 9, eff

(a) A person who is subject to a protective custody order or temporary detention order issued by a court under this subchapter commits an offense if the person resists or evades apprehension by a sheriff, constable, or other peace officer enforcing the order or resists or evades transport to an appropriate inpatient health care facility or other suitable facility under the order.

(b) A person commits an offense if the person assists a person who is subject to a protective custody order or temporary detention order issued by a court under this subchapter in resisting or evading apprehension by a sheriff, constable, or other peace officer enforcing the order or in resisting or evading transport to an appropriate inpatient health care facility or other suitable facility under the order.

(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.