Tex. Penal Code § 49.065 · Chapter 49. INTOXICATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OFFENSES
ASSEMBLING OR OPERATING AN AMUSEMENT RIDE WHILE INTOXICATED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated while operating an amusement ride or while assembling a mobile amusement ride.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours.
(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that at the time of the offense the person operating the amusement ride or assembling the mobile amusement ride had an open container of alcohol in the person's immediate possession, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of six days.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, Sec. 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- 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
Government Code
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.09ENHANCED OFFENSES AND PENALTIES.Printed as 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 | Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, or 49.065 | Section 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
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