Tex. Educ. Code § 37.122 · Subchapter E. PENAL PROVISIONS
POSSESSION OF INTOXICANTS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL GROUNDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses an intoxicating beverage for consumption, sale, or distribution while:
(1) on the grounds or in a building of a public school; or
(2) entering or inside any enclosure, field, or stadium where an athletic event sponsored or participated in by a public school of this state is being held.
(a-1) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person possessed the intoxicating beverage:
(1) at a performing arts facility; and
(2) during an event held outside of regular school hours and not sponsored or sanctioned by a school district.
(b) An officer of this state who sees a person violating this section shall immediately seize the intoxicating beverage and, within a reasonable time, deliver it to the county or district attorney to be held as evidence until the trial of the accused possessor.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 834 (H.B. 2633), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.37.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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