Tex. Occ. Code § 2033.003 · Subchapter A. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND PROCEDURES
PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING WITHOUT LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if, without a license, the person in any capacity participates or is otherwise involved in horse racing or greyhound racing with pari-mutuel wagering.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor, unless the actor was required by this subtitle to obtain a racetrack license, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) that the actor was a spectator or a person placing a wager.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2033.htm
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- 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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