By: Uresti H.B. No. 3953       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to penalties for intoxicated manslaughter          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Title 10, Chapter 49, Sec. 49.08, Penal code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 49.08.  INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER. (a)  A person   commits an offense if the person:                (1)  operates a motor vehicle in a public place,   operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or   assembles a mobile amusement ride; and                (2)  is intoxicated and by reason of that intoxication   causes the death of another by accident or mistake.          (b)  Except as provided by Section 49.09, an offense under 14   this section is a felony of the first [second] degree.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.