True or False: Municipal courts must report to the DPS acquittals of all Alcoholic Beverage Code offenses.

True or False: Municipal courts must report to the DPS acquittals of all Alcoholic Beverage Code offenses.

• A. True
• B. Cannot Determine
• C. Not Applicable
• D. False

Answer: (D)

Dispositions reported to the Department of Public Safety are tied to outcomes that affect driving privileges or public safety. For Alcoholic Beverage Code offenses in municipal court, reporting to DPS typically occurs when there is a penalty or license consequence—such as a conviction or other disposition that has driving-related effects. An acquittal, however, means no guilt was found and no penalty or license action results from the case. Because there is nothing to report in terms of penalties or driving-status changes, acquittals are not required to be reported to the DPS. So the statement isn’t correct: acquittals do not have to be reported to the DPS, whereas dispositions with consequences do.

Dispositions reported to the Department of Public Safety are tied to outcomes that affect driving privileges or public safety. For Alcoholic Beverage Code offenses in municipal court, reporting to DPS typically occurs when there is a penalty or license consequence—such as a conviction or other disposition that has driving-related effects. An acquittal, however, means no guilt was found and no penalty or license action results from the case. Because there is nothing to report in terms of penalties or driving-status changes, acquittals are not required to be reported to the DPS. So the statement isn’t correct: acquittals do not have to be reported to the DPS, whereas dispositions with consequences do.