CHAPTER 463. CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF HABITUAL DRUNKARD OR NARCOTIC ADDICT
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
SUBTITLE B. ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 463. CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF HABITUAL DRUNKARD OR
NARCOTIC ADDICT
SUBCHAPTER A. CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF HABITUAL DRUNKARD
Sec. 463.001. CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF HABITUAL DRUNKARD;
CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) In this section, "delinquency" means any
act that tends to debase or injure the morals, health, or welfare
of a habitual drunkard and includes:
(1) drinking intoxicating liquor;
(2) entering or remaining in any bawdy house, assignation house,
disorderly house, roadhouse, hotel, or public dance hall where
prostitutes, gamblers, or thieves are permitted to enter and ply
their trade;
(3) entering a place where intoxicating liquors are kept, drunk,
used, or sold;
(4) associating with thieves and immoral persons;
(5) causing a habitual drunkard to leave home or to leave the
custody of the drunkard's parents, guardian, or person acting for
the drunkard's parents or guardian without first receiving their
consent or against their will; or
(6) causing the habitual drunkard, by undue influence, to
unlawfully cohabit with a person known by the actor to be a
habitual drunkard.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person by any act or in
any manner encourages, causes, acts in conjunction with, or
contributes to the delinquency, dependency, or neglect of a
habitual drunkard, regardless of the drunkard's previous
convictions.
(c) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not
more than $500, confinement in jail for not more than one year,
or both.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 177, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 463.002. CONFLICTING OFFENSES. To the extent of any
conflict, the offenses prescribed by the Penal Code or other law
enacted after June 9, 1949, prevail over the offense prescribed
by Section 463.001.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 177, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
SUBCHAPTER B. CONTRIBUTING TO NARCOTIC ADDICTION
Sec. 463.011. CONTRIBUTING TO DELINQUENCY OF NARCOTIC ADDICT;
CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) In this section, "delinquency" means any
act that tends to debase or injure the morals, health, or welfare
of a narcotic addict, and includes:
(1) drinking intoxicating liquor;
(2) going into or remaining in any bawdy house, assignation
house, disorderly house, roadhouse, hotel, or public dance hall
where prostitutes, gamblers, or thieves are permitted to enter
and ply their trade;
(3) going into a place where intoxicating liquors are kept,
drunk, used, or sold;
(4) associating with thieves and immoral persons;
(5) causing a narcotic addict to leave home or to leave the
custody of the addict's parents, guardian, or person acting for
the addict's parent or guardian without first receiving that
person's consent or against that person's will; or
(6) causing the addict, by undue influence, to unlawfully
cohabit with a person known by the actor to be a narcotic addict.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person, by any act or in
any manner, encourages, causes, acts in conjunction with, or
contributes to the delinquency, dependency, or neglect of a
narcotic addict, regardless of the addict's previous convictions.
(c) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not
more than $500, confinement in jail for not more than one year,
or both.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 179, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 463.012. CONFLICTING OFFENSES. To the extent of any
conflict, the offenses defined by the Penal Code or other law
enacted after June 9, 1949, prevail over the offense defined by
Section 463.011.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 179, eff. Sept. 1,
1991.
Sec. 463.013. EXCEPTION. (a) In this section, "informant"
means a person who has communicated information to a law
enforcement official in connection with a law enforcement
function.
(b) It is an exception to the application of Section 463.011(b)
that the person is a law enforcement official and the narcotic
addict is an informant.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 422, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1999.