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Texas statutes

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• Penal Code: §§ 1.07, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05, 8.06, 8.07, 9.01, 9.04, 9.05, 9.31, 9.32, 9.33, 9.34, 9.41, 9.42, 9.43, 9.51, 12.03, 12.04, 12.21, 12.22, 12.23, 12.31, 12.32, 12.33, 12.34, 12.35, 12.41, 12.42, 12.425, 12.43, 12.44, 15.01, 15.02, 15.03, 15.04, 15.05, 19.01, 19.02, 19.03, 19.04, 19.05, 19.06, 20.01, 20.02, 20.03, 20.04, 20.05, 20.06, 20.07, 20A.01, 20A.02, 20A.03, 20A.04, 21.01, 21.02, 21.11, 21.15, 21.16, 22.01, 22.011, 22.02, 22.021, 22.04, 22.041, 22.05, 22.07, 25.03, 25.07, 28.01, 28.03, 28.06, 28.08, 29.01, 29.02, 29.03, 30.01, 30.02, 30.03, 30.04, 30.05, 31.01, 31.03, 31.04, 31.09, 31.11, 32.01, 32.21, 32.31, 32.315, 32.41, 32.51, 33.01, 33.02, 33.022, 33.023, 33.03, 33.07, 35.01, 35.02, 36.02, 37.01, 37.02, 37.03, 37.04, 37.05, 37.06, 37.08, 37.09, 37.10, 38.01, 38.02, 38.03, 38.04, 38.05, 38.06, 38.15, 39.02, 39.03, 42.01, 42.02, 42.03, 42.04, 42.05, 42.07, 42.072, 42.09, 42.092, 46.01, 46.02, 46.03, 46.04, 46.05, 46.06, 46.13, 46.15, 49.01, 49.02, 49.031, 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, 49.08, 49.09, 49.10, 49.11.
• Code of Criminal Procedure: arts. 2A.001, 2A.002, 2A.051, 2A.052, 2A.053, 2A.057, 2A.151, 2A.202, 2A.206, 2A.209, 2B.0051, 2B.0052, 2B.0053, 2B.0054, 2B.0055, 2B.0056, 2B.0057, 2B.0058, 2B.0059, 2B.0202, 2B.0251, 2B.0252, 2B.0301, 5.04, 5.045, 5.05, 14.01, 14.031, 14.03, 14.04, 14.05, 14.06, 15.01, 15.02, 15.03, 15.04, 15.05, 15.051, 15.06, 15.07, 15.08, 15.09, 15.14, 15.16, 15.17, 15.18, 15.19, 15.20, 15.21, 15.22, 15.25, 15.26, 15.27, 17.292, 18.01, 18.02, 18.06, 18.07, 18.09, 18.10, 18.11, 18.12, 18.13, 18B.001, 18B.351, 18B.352, 18B.354, 18B.355, 18B.359, 18B.401, 18B.502, 38.01, 38.21, 38.22, 38.23, 38.35, 38.36, 38.43, 38.50, 39.14, 49.04, 49.05, 49.07, 49.22, 56A.001, 56A.0525, 56A.051, 56A.052, 56A.053, 56A.201, 56A.202, 56A.203, 56A.204, 56A.301, 56A.302, 56A.304, 56A.306, 56A.3515, 56A.401, 56A.403, 56A.451, 56A.454, 56B.001, 56B.051, 56B.052, 56B.106, 63.001, 63.002, 63.003, 63.004, 63.0041, 63.005, 63.009, 63.0091, 63.010, 63.011, 63.012, 63.013, 63.014, 63.015.
• Occupations Code: §§ 1701.001, 1701.051, 1701.164, 1701.253, 1701.269, 1701.270, 1701.301, 1701.302, 1701.303, 1701.304, 1701.305, 1701.306, 1701.307, 1701.308, 1701.309, 1701.312, 1701.351, 1701.352, 1701.3525, 1701.353, 1701.355, 1701.402, 1701.451, 1701.452, 1701.4522, 1701.453, 1701.4535, 1701.454, 1701.456, 1701.501, 1701.5011, 1701.502, 1701.503, 1701.504, 1701.505, 1701.507.
• Family Code: §§ 71.0021, 71.003, 71.004, 71.005, 71.006, 85.001, 85.021, 85.022, 85.025, 85.026, 85.042, 261.001, 261.101, 261.103, 261.104, 261.105, 261.106, 261.107, 261.109, 261.301, 261.302, 261.303, 262.101, 262.102, 262.104, 262.105, 262.106, 262.107, 262.109.
• Government Code: §§ 411.351, 411.353, 411.354, 411.355, 411.3555, 411.356, 411.357, 411.358, 411.359, 411.381, 411.382, 411.386, 411.387, 411.388, 411.389, 411.441, 411.442, 411.446, 411.447, 411.448, 411.449, 411.461, 411.463, 411.466, 411.467, 411.468, 411.469, 411.470 (Amber, Silver, Blue and CLEAR Alert provisions).
• Alcoholic Beverage Code: §§ 101.02, 101.03, 101.04, 101.07, 101.63, 101.72, 101.75, 106.01, 106.02, 106.025, 106.03, 106.04, 106.041, 106.05, 106.06, 106.07, 106.071, 106.115, 106.13, 106.14, 109.33, 109.35.
• Health and Safety Code: §§ 481.002, 481.101, 481.102, 481.1021, 481.1022, 481.103, 481.1031, 481.104, 481.105, 481.111, 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, 481.115, 481.1151, 481.116, 481.1161, 481.117, 481.118, 481.119, 481.120, 481.121, 481.122, 481.125, 481.134, 481.183, 573.0001, 573.001, 573.002, 573.003, 573.005, 573.011, 573.012, 573.021, 573.022, 573.023, 574.001, 574.002, 574.005, 574.021, 574.031, 574.034, 574.035.
• Transportation Code: §§ 502.407, 502.410, 502.471, 502.472, 502.473, 502.475, 504.943, 521.021, 521.025, 521.027, 521.221, 521.451, 521.457, 521.461, 522.011, 522.081, 522.101, 541.201, 542.301, 542.401, 542.501, 543.001, 543.002, 543.003, 543.004, 543.005, 544.004, 544.007, 545.051, 545.060, 545.104, 545.156, 545.157, 545.351, 545.352, 545.401, 545.413, 545.421, 546.001, 546.002, 546.003, 546.004, 546.005, 547.702, 550.001, 550.021, 550.022, 550.023, 550.024, 550.025, 550.026, 550.041, 550.062, 550.063, 550.064, 550.065, 601.051, 601.052, 601.053, 601.191, 724.011, 724.012, 724.013, 724.014, 724.015, 724.016, 724.017, 724.031, 724.032, 724.035.
• Texas Constitution: art. I, §§ 9, 10, 19.

Texas Administrative Code

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• 37 Tex. Admin. Code §§ 211.17, 219.1, 219.3, 219.5, 219.7.

Texas Rules of Evidence

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• Texas Rules of Evidence 602, 612, 803(5), 803(8).

United States Constitution and Supreme Court decisions

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• US Const. amends. IV, V, VI, and XIV, § 1.
• Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968); Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106 (1977); Maryland v. Wilson, 519 U.S. 408 (1997); Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996); Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429 (1991); Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (2000); Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 (1993); United States v. Sharpe, 470 U.S. 675 (1985); Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348 (2015); Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420 (1984); Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966); Edwards v. Arizona, 451 U.S. 477 (1981).

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