Texas Laws: Penal Code

Chapter 49  Intoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses

Texas Laws > Penal Code > Chapter 49 > Section 49.08

Section 49.08.  Intoxication Manslaughter

§ 49.08. INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER.  (a) A person commits 
an offense if the person:
		(1)  operates a motor vehicle in a public place, 
operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or 
assembles a mobile amusement ride;  and
		(2)  is intoxicated and by reason of that intoxication 
causes the death of another by accident or mistake.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second 
degree.         

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
1994.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, § 11, eff. Jan. 
1, 2000.

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