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.
       SUBCHAPTER G.  CONTRIBUTING TO NARCOTIC ADDICTION
                          [REDESIGNATED