Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.055
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.055, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 13A.055. OFFENSE COMMITTED ON VESSEL.
Official statutory text
An offense committed on board a vessel that at the time of the offense is on a navigable water in the boundaries of this State may be prosecuted in:
(1) any county through which the vessel is navigated in the course of the voyage; or
(2) the county in which the voyage commences or terminates.
(1) any county through which the vessel is navigated in the course of the voyage; or
(2) the county in which the voyage commences or terminates.
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