Texas Laws: Penal Code

Chapter 49  Intoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses

Texas Laws > Penal Code > Chapter 49 > Section 49.10

Section 49.10.  No Defense

§ 49.10. NO DEFENSE.  In a prosecution under Section 
49.03, 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, the 
fact that the defendant is or has been entitled to use the alcohol, 
controlled substance, drug, dangerous drug, or other substance is 
not a defense.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 
1994.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, § 14, eff. Jan. 
1, 2000;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 787, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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