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<br />Knowingly: A person acts knowingly, or with knowledge, with respect to
<br />the nature of his conduct or to circumstances surrounding his conduct when he
<br />is aware of the nature of his conduct or that the circumstances exist. A person
<br />acts knowingly, or with knowledge, with respect to a result of his conduct when
<br />he is aware that his conduct is reasonably certain to cause the result.
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<br />Law enforcement officer means a city police officer.
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<br />Motorized vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle subject to registration
<br />under the Certificate of Title Act (Article 6687-1, Vernon's Texas Civil
<br />Statutes).
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<br />Other responsible person means an adult, eighteen (18) years of age or
<br />older, other than a parent, guardian or custodian, in whose care and under
<br />whose individualized supervision the child has been placed by the parent,
<br />guardian, or custodian, and under circumstances which demonstrate actions
<br />indicating oversight and concern for the child.
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<br />Parent means the mother, the father, or an adoptive parent, but does not
<br />include an individual whose parental rights have been terminated.
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<br />Public place means any place to which the public or a substantial group of
<br />the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and
<br />the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings,
<br />transport facilities and shops.
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<br />Recklessly: A person acts recklessly, or is reckless, with respect to
<br />circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he is
<br />aware of but consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the
<br />circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such a nature
<br />and degree that its disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of
<br />care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as
<br />viewed from the actor's standpoint.
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<br />Remain means to walk, run, stand, drive, ride about, stay or be otherwise
<br />present.
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<br />Street means a way or place, of whatever nature, open to the use of the
<br />public as a matter of right for purposes of vehicular travel or, in the case of a
<br />sidewalk thereof, for pedestrian travel. The term 'street' includes the legal right-
<br />of-way, including, but not limited to, the traffic lanes, curb, sidewalk, whether
<br />paved or unpaved, and any grass plots or other grounds found within the legal
<br />right-of-way of a street. The term 'street' applies irrespectively of what the
<br />legal right-of-way is formally named or called, whether alley, avenue, court,
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