(A) Except as provided in division (B) below, a minor commits an offense if he or she consumes an alcoholic beverage.
(B) A minor may consume an alcoholic beverage if he or she is in the visible presence of an adult parent, guardian or spouse.
(C) Except as provided in division (D) below, a minor commits an offense if he or she possesses an alcoholic beverage.
(D) A minor may possess an alcoholic beverage:
(1) While in the course and scope of his or her employment if he or she is an employee of a licensee or permittee and the employment is not prohibited by this code; or
(2) If he or she is in the presence of an adult parent, guardian or spouse, or other adult to whom he or she has been committed by a court.
(1998 Code, § 10-13) Penalty, see § 119.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Alcoholic Beverage Code §§ 106.04, 106.05