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Texas Penal Code, Chapter 49 - Intoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses

Texas Penal Code, § 49.08.  INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER.

        (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
                (1)  operates a motor vehicle in a public place, operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or assembles a mobile amusement ride;  and
                (2)  is intoxicated and by reason of that intoxication causes the death of another by accident or mistake.
        (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.


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