Tex. Penal Code § 49.045 · Chapter 49. INTOXICATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OFFENSES
DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD PASSENGER.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person is intoxicated while operating a motor vehicle in a public place; and
(2) the vehicle 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 787, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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Cited by 23 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Penal Code § 49.045. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Alcoholic Beverage Code
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2B.0154VIDEO RECORDINGS OF ARRESTS FOR INTOXICATION OFFENSES.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 16.23DIVERSION OF PERSONS SUFFERING MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUE.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.01SEARCH WARRANT.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.067EXECUTION OF WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN INTOXICATION OFFENSE.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.102ELIGIBILITY FOR DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION.Printed as Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.408USE OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
Government Code
Occupations Code
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.09ENHANCED OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.Printed as Section 49.04 or 49.045 | Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08 | Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, or 49.065
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.10NO DEFENSE.Printed as Section 49.031, 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.022RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATORS OF CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.341REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATIC LICENSE SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.342PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code | Section 49.04, 49.045, or 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.344SUSPENSION FOR OFFENSES INVOLVING INTOXICATION.Printed as Section 49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code | Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code | Section 49.04, 49.045, or 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 522.081DISQUALIFICATION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, or 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 524.011OFFICER'S DUTIES FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, or 49.061, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 524.015EFFECT OF DISPOSITION OF CRIMINAL CHARGE ON DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 524.022PERIOD OF SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, or 49.061, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 524.023APPLICATION OF SUSPENSION UNDER OTHER LAWS.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 524.042STAY OF SUSPENSION ON APPEAL.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, or 49.061, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 724.012TAKING OF SPECIMEN.Printed as Section 49.045 or 49.061, Penal Code | Section 49.045, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
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