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Tex. Penal Code § 49.065 — Assembling or operating an amusement ride while intoxicated

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 49: INTOXICATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OFFENSES, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 49.065

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 49.065Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated while operating an amusement ride or while assembling a mobile amusement ride. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 49.09 , an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours. (c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that at the time of the offense the person operating the amusement ride or assembling the mobile amusement ride had an open container of alcohol in the person's immediate possession, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of six days.

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