Tex. Water Code § 7.202 · Subchapter E. CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND PENALTIES
PROOF OF KNOWLEDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In determining whether a defendant who is an individual knew that the violation placed another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury under Section 7.168, 7.169, 7.170, or 7.171, the defendant is responsible only for the defendant's actual awareness or actual belief possessed. Knowledge possessed by a person other than the defendant may not be attributed to the defendant. To prove a defendant's actual knowledge, however, circumstantial evidence may be used, including evidence that the defendant took affirmative steps to be shielded from relevant information.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm
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Water Code
- Tex. Water Code § 7.168INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING VIOLATION RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE AND KNOWING ENDANGERMENT.Printed as Section 7.168, 7.169, 7.170, or 7.171
- Tex. Water Code § 7.169INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING VIOLATION RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE AND ENDANGERMENT.Printed as Section 7.168, 7.169, 7.170, or 7.171
- Tex. Water Code § 7.170INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING RELEASE OF MEDICAL WASTE INTO ENVIRONMENT AND ENDANGERMENT.Printed as Section 7.168, 7.169, 7.170, or 7.171
- Tex. Water Code § 7.171RECKLESS RELEASE OF MEDICAL WASTE INTO ENVIRONMENT AND ENDANGERMENT.Printed as Section 7.168, 7.169, 7.170, or 7.171
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