81R2553 JD-D
By: Smith of Tarrant H.B. No. 149
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalty for illegally passing a stopped school bus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.066(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $200 or more than $500
[$1,000], except that the offense is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the person causes serious
bodily injury to another; or
(2) a state jail felony if the person has been
previously convicted under Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2009.
(b) An offense committed before September 1, 2009, is
covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this subsection, an offense was committed before September 1, 2009,
if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.