Texas · Texas Penal Code
Tex. Penal Code § 21.07: PUBLIC LEWDNESS.(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly engages in any of the following acts in a public
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a Class A misdemeanor by knowingly engaging in sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, or sexual contact in public or recklessly when others may be offended. The offense elevates to a felony if the actor is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator.
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