§ 29-25. Traffic violations by minors.

(a)

Any male minor who has passed his fourteenth birthday but has not reached his seventeenth birthday, and any female minor who has passed her fourteenth birthday but has not reached her eighteenth birthday, who drives or operates an automobile or any other motor vehicle on any street, alley, public way, overpass or avenue within the city while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or who drives or operates an automobile or other motor vehicle in such a way as to violate any traffic ordinance of the city, shall upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). No such minor, after conviction or plea of guilty and imposition of fine shall be committed to jail in default of payment of the fine imposed, but the court imposing such fine shall have power to suspend and take possession of such minor's driving license and retain the same until such fine has been paid.

(b)

No such minor may plead guilty to any offense described in the subsection (a) of this section except in open court before the judge. No such minor shall be convicted of such an offense or fine as provided in this section except in the presence of one or both parents or guardians having legal custody of the minor. The court shall cause one or both parents or guardians to be summoned to appear in court and shall require one or both of them to be present during all proceedings in the case. However, the court may waive the requirement of the presence of parents or guardians in any case in which, after diligent effort, the court is unable to locate them or to compel their presence.

(c)

If any such minor shall drive any motor vehicle upon any street, alley, public way, overpass or avenue within the corporate limits of the city without having a valid driver's license authorizing such driving, such minor shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).

State law reference

Similar provisions, V.T.C.A., Transportation Code ch. 729.