Tex. Transp. Code § 705.001 · Chapter 705. ALLOWING DANGEROUS DRIVER TO BORROW MOTOR VEHICLE
ALLOWING DANGEROUS DRIVER TO BORROW MOTOR VEHICLE; OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) knowingly permits another to operate a motor vehicle owned by the person; and
(2) knows that at the time permission is given the other person's license has been suspended as a result of a:
(A) conviction of an offense under:
(i) Section 49.04, Penal Code;
(ii) Section 49.07, Penal Code, if the offense involved operation of a motor vehicle; or
(iii) Article 6701l-1, Revised Statutes, as that law existed before September 1, 1994; or
(B) failure to give a specimen under:
(i) Chapter 724; or
(ii) Chapter 434, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article 6701l-5, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as that law existed before September 1, 1995.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.705.htm
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