Tex. Penal Code § 21.07

PUBLIC LEWDNESS

Applied in 37 court decisions — leading case 27 F. Supp. 2d 754 - N.W. Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Houston (1998)

Most recently applied in 182 F. Supp. 3d 614 - Three Expo Events, L.L.C. v. City of Dallas (April 2016)

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly engages in any of the following acts in a public place or, if not in a public place, the person is reckless about whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed by the person's:

(1) act of sexual intercourse;

(2) act of deviate sexual intercourse; or

(3) act of sexual contact.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if the actor is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code.

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