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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Penal Code § 49.061: BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD PASSENGER.

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  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 10. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND MORALS
  3. CHAPTER 49. INTOXICATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OFFENSES

(a) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person is intoxicated while operating a watercraft; and

(2) the watercraft 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.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 813 (H.B. 1163), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.

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