Tex. Penal Code § 51.01 · Chapter 51. ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THIS STATE
DEFINITIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Alien" has the meaning assigned by 8 U.S.C. Section 1101, as that provision existed on January 1, 2023.
(2) "Port of entry" means a port of entry in the United States as designated by 19 C.F.R. Part 101.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., 4th C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 4), Sec. 2, eff. March 5, 2024.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.51.htm
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- Composed by
- 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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