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

Tex. Penal Code § 49.11: PROOF OF MENTAL STATE UNNECESSARY.

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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) 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.

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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