§49.065. ASSEMBLING OR OPERATING AN AMUSEMENT RIDE WHILE[0] INTOXICATED[0].

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated[0] while[0] operating an amusement ride or while[0] assembling a mobile amusement ride.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) and Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours.

(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that at the time of the offense the person operating the amusement ride or assembling the mobile amusement ride had an open container of alcohol in the person's immediate possession, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor with a minimum term of confinement of six days.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, § 9, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.

§ 49.07. INTOXICATION ASSAULT.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person, by accident or mistake:

    (1) while[0] operating an aircraft, watercraft, or amusement ride while[0] intoxicated[0], or while[0] operating a     motor vehicle in a public place while[0] intoxicated[0], by reason of that intoxication causes serious bodily injury to     another; or
    (2) as a result of assembling a mobile amusement ride while[0] intoxicated[0] causes serious bodily injury to another.

(b) In this section, "serious bodily injury" means injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,1994.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, § 10, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.