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| 1 | 1 | By: Uresti H.B. No. 3953 | |
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| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to penalties for intoxicated manslaughter | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Title 10, Chapter 49, Sec. 49.08, Penal code, is | |
| 9 | 9 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 49.08. INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER. (a) A person | |
| 11 | 11 | commits an offense if the person: | |
| 12 | 12 | (1) operates a motor vehicle in a public place, | |
| 13 | 13 | operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or | |
| 14 | 14 | assembles a mobile amusement ride; and | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) is intoxicated and by reason of that intoxication | |
| 16 | 16 | causes the death of another by accident or mistake. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) Except as provided by Section 49.09, an offense under 14 | |
| 18 | 18 | this section is a felony of the first [second] degree. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |