Texas Penal Code

§ 19.05 — CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE

PE § 19.05Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 19. CRIMINAL HOMICIDE

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(a)A person commits an offense if he causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence.

(b)An offense under this section is a state jail felony.

Legislative history

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.06 by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.07 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.