Public Intoxication
Section 49.02. PUBLIC
INTOXICATION.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person appears in
a public place while intoxicated to the degree that the
person may endanger the person or another.
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section
that the alcohol or other substance was administered for
therapeutic purposes and as a part of the person's
professional medical treatment by a licensed physician.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an offense
under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under this section is not a lesser
included offense under Section 49.04.
(e) An offense under this section committed by a person
younger than 21 years of age is punishable in the same
manner as if the minor committed an offense to which
Section 106.071, Alcoholic Beverage Code, applies
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