Sec. 21.07. PUBLIC LEWDNESS    


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

    (1) act of sexual intercourse;

    (2) act of deviate sexual intercourse;

    (3) act of sexual contact; or

    (4) act involving contact between the person's mouth or genitals and the anus or genitals of an animal or fowl.

    (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.