Texas Laws: Penal Code

Chapter 49  Intoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses

Texas Laws > Penal Code > Chapter 49 > Section 49.045

Section 49.045.  Driving While Intoxicated With Child Passenger

§ 49.045. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD 
PASSENGER.  (a) A person commits an offense if:
		(1)  the person is intoxicated while operating a motor 
vehicle in a public place;  and
		(2)  the vehicle being operated by the person is 
occupied by a passenger who is younger than 15 years of age.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.                     

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 787, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.           

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