Tex. Occ. Code § 2033.007 · Subchapter A. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND PROCEDURES
FAILURE TO DISPLAY CREDENTIAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For purposes of this section, a request is lawful if it is made:
(1) at any time by:
(A) the commission;
(B) an authorized commission agent;
(C) the director or a commissioned officer of the Department of Public Safety;
(D) a peace officer; or
(E) a steward or judge; and
(2) at any restricted location that is at a racetrack and is not a public place.
(b) A person commits an offense if, after a lawful request, the person knowingly fails or refuses to:
(1) display a credential to another person; or
(2) give the person's name, residence address, or date of birth to another person.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(d) At the punishment stage of a trial for an offense under Subsection (b)(1), the defendant may raise an issue as to whether the defendant was a license holder at the time of the offense. If the defendant proves the issue, the offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
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
- Edition
- 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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