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§ 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[0] 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.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1,1994.
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1364, § 11, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.

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