A new Texas law took effect Friday requiring convicted drunk drivers to pay child support if they a parent or guardian.
is defined by state law as a person operating "a motor vehicle in a public place, operates an aircraft, a watercraft, or an amusement ride, or assembles a mobile amusement ride; and is intoxicated and by reason of that intoxication causes the death of another by accident or mistake.
"I was proud to sign HB 393 into law this year to require offenders to pay child support for the children of their victims," Abbott said.& 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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