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Texas Penal Code § 49.045

Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger

Intoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses

(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.

Official text of the Texas Penal Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

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

Sections that refer to this one

Alco. Bev. § 106.041Crim. Proc. Art. 2B.0154Crim. Proc. Art. 16.23Crim. Proc. Art. 17.441Crim. Proc. Art. 18.01Crim. Proc. Art. 18.067Crim. Proc. Art. 42A.102Crim. Proc. Art. 42A.408Gov't § 540A.0152Occ. § 2402.107Occ. § 2402.132§ 49.09§ 49.10Transp. § 521.022Transp. § 521.341Transp. § 521.342Transp. § 521.344Transp. § 522.081Transp. § 524.011Transp. § 524.015Transp. § 524.022Transp. § 524.023Transp. § 524.042Transp. § 724.012