Tex. Penal Code § 49.07 · Chapter 49. INTOXICATION AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OFFENSES
INTOXICATION ASSAULT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, by accident or mistake:
(1) while operating an aircraft, watercraft, or amusement ride while intoxicated, or while operating a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated, by reason of that intoxication causes serious bodily injury to another; or
(2) as a result of assembling a mobile amusement ride while intoxicated causes serious bodily injury to another.
(b) In this section, "serious bodily injury" means injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
(c) Except as provided by Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, Sec. 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 662 (H.B. 1212), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.002SPECIAL INVESTIGATORS.Printed as Section 49.02, 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- 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.257EVALUATION FOR PURPOSES OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG REHABILITATION.Printed as Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.401CONFINEMENT AS CONDITION OF COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN INTOXICATION OFFENSES.Printed as Section 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.407SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE.Printed as Section 49.07, 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
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 51.03DELINQUENT CONDUCT; CONDUCT INDICATING A NEED FOR SUPERVISION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 53.03DEFERRED PROSECUTION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 54.042LICENSE SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 82.030BOARD ASSESSMENT OF MORAL CHARACTER AND FITNESS.Printed as Section 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 82.038PROBATIONARY LICENSE FOR APPLICANT SUFFERING FROM CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY.Printed as Section 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 123.009OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
Health and Safety Code
Insurance Code
Parks and Wildlife Code
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 3.03SENTENCES FOR OFFENSES ARISING OUT OF SAME CRIMINAL EPISODE.Printed as Section 49.07 or 49.08
- 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 49.07 | Section 49.07 or 49.08
- 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
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.12APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT.Printed as Sections 49.07 and 49.08
Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.004PENAL CODE REFERENCES.Printed as Section 49.07, Penal 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 § 521.202INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE BASED ON CERTAIN CONVICTIONS.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.341REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATIC LICENSE SUSPENSION.Printed as Section 49.07, 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, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code | Section 49.04, 49.045, or 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.371DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, 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 49.07 or 49.08, 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 49.07 or 49.08, 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 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 543.011PERSONS LICENSED BY STATE DEPARTMENT OR CLAIMING DIPLOMATIC OR CONSULAR IMMUNITY.Printed as Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 705.001ALLOWING DANGEROUS DRIVER TO BORROW MOTOR VEHICLE; OFFENSE.Printed as Section 49.07, Penal Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 724.012TAKING OF SPECIMEN.Printed as Section 49.045, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
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