Texas Penal Code § 49.11

Proof of Mental State Unnecessary

Intoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses

(a) Notwithstanding Section 6.02(b), proof of a culpable mental state is not required for conviction of an offense under this chapter.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to an offense under Section 49.031.

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

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 969, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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