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Tex. Penal Code § 49.08 — Intoxication manslaughter

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 § 49.08

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 § 49.08Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(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) Except as provided by Section 49.09 , an offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.

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