Minor alcohol penalties — Texas Permit Test
Minor alcohol penalties on the Texas permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A minor may not consume or possess an alcoholic beverage, and a first offense suspends the license for 30 days.
The first one is meant to be survivable and still cost something. A month without a license is the something.
The driver license will be suspended (or privilege will be denied if not licensed) for 30 days
A second non-driving alcohol offense by a minor suspends the license for 60 days and carries 20 to 40 hours of community service.
The suspension doubles and the community service goes up with it. Texas is climbing a ladder, not repeating a step.
The driver license will be suspended (or privilege will be denied if not licensed) for 60 days
A third non-driving alcohol offense by a minor at least 17 but under 21 is a Class B misdemeanor and suspends the license for 180 days.
By the third time the offense has changed class and the suspension is half a year. There is no deferred disposition left.
The driver license will be suspended (or privilege will be denied if not licensed) for 180 days
A minor is not eligible for deferred disposition on a third or any later conviction for a non-driving alcohol offense.
Deferred disposition is how a first offense stays off the record. The third time, that door is closed.
Minors are not eligible for deferred disposition on the third conviction or any subsequent conviction
A person who purchases, furnishes, or sells an alcoholic beverage to a minor faces a fine of up to $4,000 and up to one year in jail.
Texas aims at the supply as hard as it aims at the minor. The adult risks jail; the minor does not on a first offense.
A fine of up to $4,000 and/or confinement in jail for up to one year
On the test
How long is a Texas minor's license suspended for a first non-driving alcohol offense?
For 30 days. The first one is meant to be survivable and still cost something. A month without a license is the something. Texas Driver Handbook, p.13: “The driver license will be suspended (or privilege will be denied if not licensed) for 30 days”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Texas Driver Handbook, published by the Texas Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pdf (Texas Driver Handbook, form DL-7, Revised January 2026, Texas Department of Public Safety, retrieved 2026-09-14 from dps.texas.gov)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/TX.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, nonLawPages, the four extraction traps and the extraction flag, each with its measured basis)
- docs/plans/texas-exam-shape.md (the search that established that no official source states the question count, and the two decoys it disposes of)