1 | 1 | | By: Smith of Tarrant, Callegari, Vo, Merritt, H.B. No. 4061 |
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2 | 2 | | Harless, et al. |
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4 | 4 | | |
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5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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7 | 7 | | relating to the consequences of an arrest for or conviction of |
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8 | 8 | | certain intoxication offenses. |
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9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Todd Levin-Lilly |
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11 | 11 | | Lalime Memorial Act. |
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12 | 12 | | SECTION 2. Article 17.441(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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13 | 13 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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14 | 14 | | (c) If the defendant is required to have the device |
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15 | 15 | | installed, the magistrate shall require that the defendant have the |
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16 | 16 | | device installed on the appropriate motor vehicle, at the |
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17 | 17 | | defendant's expense, not later than the 10th [before the 30th] day |
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18 | 18 | | after the date the defendant is released on bond. |
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19 | 19 | | SECTION 3. Section 5(d), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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20 | 20 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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21 | 21 | | (d) In all other cases the judge may grant deferred |
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22 | 22 | | adjudication unless: |
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23 | 23 | | (1) the defendant is charged with an offense: |
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24 | 24 | | (A) under Section 49.07 or 49.08 [Sections |
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25 | 25 | | 49.04-49.08], Penal Code; [or] |
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26 | 26 | | (B) under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or |
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27 | 27 | | 49.065, Penal Code, and, at the time of the offense, the defendant: |
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28 | 28 | | (i) held a commercial driver's license or a |
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29 | 29 | | commercial driver learner's permit; or |
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30 | 30 | | (ii) was driving a commercial vehicle; |
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31 | 31 | | (C) for which punishment may be increased under |
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32 | 32 | | Section 49.09, Penal Code; or |
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33 | 33 | | (D) for which punishment may be increased under |
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34 | 34 | | Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it |
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35 | 35 | | is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an |
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36 | 36 | | offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those |
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37 | 37 | | subsections; |
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38 | 38 | | (2) the defendant: |
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39 | 39 | | (A) is charged with an offense under Section |
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40 | 40 | | 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the |
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41 | 41 | | victim, or a felony described by Section 13B(b) of this article; and |
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42 | 42 | | (B) has previously been placed on community |
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43 | 43 | | supervision for any offense under Paragraph (A) of this |
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44 | 44 | | subdivision; or |
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45 | 45 | | (3) the defendant is charged with an offense under: |
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46 | 46 | | (A) Section 21.02, Penal Code; or |
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47 | 47 | | (B) Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is |
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48 | 48 | | punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section |
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49 | 49 | | 12.42(c)(3), Penal Code. |
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50 | 50 | | SECTION 4. Sections 13(i) and (n), Article 42.12, Code of |
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51 | 51 | | Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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52 | 52 | | (i) If a person convicted of an offense under Sections |
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53 | 53 | | 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, is placed on community supervision, the |
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54 | 54 | | court shall [may] require as a condition of community supervision |
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55 | 55 | | that the defendant have a device installed, on the motor vehicle |
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56 | 56 | | owned by the defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by |
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57 | 57 | | the defendant, that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to |
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58 | 58 | | make impractical the operation of the motor vehicle if ethyl |
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59 | 59 | | alcohol is detected in the breath of the operator and that the |
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60 | 60 | | defendant not operate any motor vehicle that is not equipped with |
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61 | 61 | | that device. [If it is shown on the trial of the offense that an |
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62 | 62 | | analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath, or urine |
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63 | 63 | | showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.15 or more at the time |
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64 | 64 | | the analysis was performed, or if the person is convicted of an |
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65 | 65 | | offense under Sections 49.04-49.06, Penal Code, and punished under |
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66 | 66 | | Section 49.09(a) or (b), Penal Code, or of a second or subsequent |
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67 | 67 | | offense under Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code, and the person |
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68 | 68 | | after conviction of either offense is placed on community |
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69 | 69 | | supervision, the court shall require as a condition of community |
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70 | 70 | | supervision that the defendant have the device installed on the |
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71 | 71 | | appropriate vehicle and that the defendant not operate any motor |
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72 | 72 | | vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with that device. Before |
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73 | 73 | | placing on community supervision a person convicted of an offense |
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74 | 74 | | under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, the court shall determine |
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75 | 75 | | from criminal history record information maintained by the |
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76 | 76 | | Department of Public Safety whether the person has one or more |
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77 | 77 | | previous convictions under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, or has |
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78 | 78 | | one previous conviction under Sections 49.04-49.07, Penal Code, or |
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79 | 79 | | one previous conviction under Section 49.08, Penal Code. If it is |
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80 | 80 | | shown on the trial of the offense that an analysis of a specimen of |
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81 | 81 | | the person's blood, breath, or urine showed an alcohol |
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82 | 82 | | concentration level of 0.15 or more at the time the analysis was |
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83 | 83 | | performed, or if the court determines that the person has one or |
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84 | 84 | | more such previous convictions, the court shall require as a |
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85 | 85 | | condition of community supervision that the defendant have that |
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86 | 86 | | device installed on the motor vehicle owned by the defendant or on |
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87 | 87 | | the vehicle most regularly driven by the defendant and that the |
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88 | 88 | | defendant not operate any motor vehicle unless the vehicle is |
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89 | 89 | | equipped with the device described in this subsection.] The court |
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90 | 90 | | shall require the defendant to obtain the device at the defendant's |
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91 | 91 | | own cost not later than the 10th [before the 30th] day after the |
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92 | 92 | | date of conviction unless the court finds that to do so would not be |
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93 | 93 | | in the best interest of justice and enters its findings on record. |
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94 | 94 | | The court shall require the defendant to promptly provide evidence |
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95 | 95 | | to the court [within the 30-day period] that the device has been |
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96 | 96 | | installed on the appropriate vehicle and order the device to remain |
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97 | 97 | | installed on that vehicle for a period not less than 50 percent of |
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98 | 98 | | the supervision period. If the court determines the offender is |
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99 | 99 | | unable to pay for the device, the court may impose a reasonable |
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100 | 100 | | payment schedule not to exceed twice the period of the court's |
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101 | 101 | | order. The Department of Public Safety shall approve devices for |
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102 | 102 | | use under this subsection. Section 521.247, Transportation Code, |
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103 | 103 | | applies to the approval of a device under this subsection and the |
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104 | 104 | | consequences of that approval. Notwithstanding the provisions of |
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105 | 105 | | this section, if a person is required to operate a motor vehicle in |
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106 | 106 | | the course and scope of the person's employment and if the vehicle |
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107 | 107 | | is owned by the employer, the person may operate that vehicle |
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108 | 108 | | without installation of an approved ignition interlock device if |
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109 | 109 | | the employer has been notified of that driving privilege |
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110 | 110 | | restriction and if proof of that notification is with the vehicle. |
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111 | 111 | | This employment exemption does not apply, however, if the business |
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112 | 112 | | entity that owns the vehicle is owned or controlled by the person |
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113 | 113 | | whose driving privilege has been restricted. [A previous |
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114 | 114 | | conviction may not be used for purposes of restricting a person to |
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115 | 115 | | the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an interlock |
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116 | 116 | | ignition device under this subsection if: |
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117 | 117 | | [(1) the previous conviction was a final conviction |
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118 | 118 | | under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal |
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119 | 119 | | Code, and was for an offense committed more than 10 years before the |
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120 | 120 | | instant offense for which the person was convicted and placed on |
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121 | 121 | | community supervision; and |
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122 | 122 | | [(2) the person has not been convicted of an offense |
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123 | 123 | | under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08 of that |
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124 | 124 | | code, committed within 10 years before the date on which the instant |
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125 | 125 | | offense for which the person was convicted and placed on community |
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126 | 126 | | supervision.] |
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127 | 127 | | (n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or |
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128 | 128 | | other law, the judge who places on community supervision a |
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129 | 129 | | defendant who is younger than 21 years of age and convicted for an |
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130 | 130 | | offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, shall[: |
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131 | 131 | | [(1)] order that the defendant's driver's license be |
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132 | 132 | | suspended for 90 days beginning on the date that the person is |
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133 | 133 | | placed on community supervision [; and |
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134 | 134 | | [(2) require as a condition of community supervision |
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135 | 135 | | that the defendant not operate a motor vehicle unless the vehicle is |
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136 | 136 | | equipped with the device described by Subsection (i) of this |
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137 | 137 | | section]. |
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138 | 138 | | SECTION 5. Section 13, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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139 | 139 | | Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: |
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140 | 140 | | (o) A judge granting deferred adjudication to a defendant |
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141 | 141 | | for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or |
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142 | 142 | | 49.065, Penal Code, shall require the defendant to have an ignition |
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143 | 143 | | interlock device installed under Subsection (i), regardless of |
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144 | 144 | | whether the defendant would be required to have the device |
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145 | 145 | | installed if the defendant was convicted. |
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146 | 146 | | SECTION 6. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal |
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147 | 147 | | Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0184 to read as |
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148 | 148 | | follows: |
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149 | 149 | | Art. 102.0184. ADDITIONAL COSTS ATTENDANT TO INTOXICATION |
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150 | 150 | | CONVICTIONS: MEMORIAL SIGNS. (a) In addition to other costs on |
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151 | 151 | | conviction imposed by this chapter, a person convicted of an |
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152 | 152 | | offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, |
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153 | 153 | | that involved the operating of a motor vehicle and resulted in the |
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154 | 154 | | death of another person shall pay a memorial sign fee not to exceed |
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155 | 155 | | $300 as a court cost on conviction of the offense. |
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156 | 156 | | (b) In this article, a person is considered convicted if: |
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157 | 157 | | (1) a sentence is imposed on the person; or |
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158 | 158 | | (2) the person is placed on community supervision. |
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159 | 159 | | (c) A clerk of the court shall collect the costs and pay them |
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160 | 160 | | to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the memorial sign |
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161 | 161 | | account established under Section 201.9095, Transportation Code. |
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162 | 162 | | SECTION 7. (a) Section 102.021, Government Code, is |
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163 | 163 | | amended to conform to Chapter 1263 (H.B. 3060), Acts of the 80th |
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164 | 164 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and is further amended to read |
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165 | 165 | | as follows: |
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166 | 166 | | Sec. 102.021. COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: CODE OF CRIMINAL |
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167 | 167 | | PROCEDURE. A person convicted of an offense shall pay the following |
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168 | 168 | | under the Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all other |
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169 | 169 | | costs: |
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170 | 170 | | (1) court cost on conviction of any offense, other |
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171 | 171 | | than a conviction of an offense relating to a pedestrian or the |
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172 | 172 | | parking of a motor vehicle (Art. 102.0045, Code of Criminal |
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173 | 173 | | Procedure) . . . $4; |
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174 | 174 | | (2) a fee for services of prosecutor (Art. 102.008, |
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175 | 175 | | Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25; |
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176 | 176 | | (3) fees for services of peace officer: |
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177 | 177 | | (A) issuing a written notice to appear in court |
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178 | 178 | | for certain violations (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal |
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179 | 179 | | Procedure) . . . $5; |
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180 | 180 | | (B) executing or processing an issued arrest |
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181 | 181 | | warrant, [or] capias, or capias pro fine (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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182 | 182 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $50; |
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183 | 183 | | (C) summoning a witness (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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184 | 184 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; |
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185 | 185 | | (D) serving a writ not otherwise listed (Art. |
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186 | 186 | | 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $35; |
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187 | 187 | | (E) taking and approving a bond and, if |
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188 | 188 | | necessary, returning the bond to courthouse (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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189 | 189 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $10; |
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190 | 190 | | (F) commitment or release (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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191 | 191 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; |
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192 | 192 | | (G) summoning a jury (Art. 102.011, Code of |
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193 | 193 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; |
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194 | 194 | | (H) attendance of a prisoner in habeas corpus |
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195 | 195 | | case if prisoner has been remanded to custody or held to bail (Art. |
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196 | 196 | | 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8 each day; |
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197 | 197 | | (I) mileage for certain services performed (Art. |
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198 | 198 | | 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.29 per mile; and |
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199 | 199 | | (J) services of a sheriff or constable who serves |
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200 | 200 | | process and attends examining trial in certain cases (Art. 102.011, |
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201 | 201 | | Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5; |
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202 | 202 | | (4) services of a peace officer in conveying a witness |
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203 | 203 | | outside the county (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal |
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204 | 204 | | Procedure) . . . $10 per day or part of a day, plus actual |
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205 | 205 | | necessary travel expenses; |
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206 | 206 | | (5) overtime of peace officer for time spent |
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207 | 207 | | testifying in the trial or traveling to or from testifying in the |
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208 | 208 | | trial (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost; |
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209 | 209 | | (6) court costs on an offense relating to rules of the |
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210 | 210 | | road, when offense occurs within a school crossing zone (Art. |
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211 | 211 | | 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25; |
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212 | 212 | | (7) court costs on an offense of passing a school bus |
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213 | 213 | | (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25; |
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214 | 214 | | (8) court costs on an offense of truancy or |
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215 | 215 | | contributing to truancy (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal |
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216 | 216 | | Procedure) . . . $20; |
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217 | 217 | | (9) cost for visual recording of intoxication arrest |
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218 | 218 | | before conviction (Art. 102.018, Code of Criminal |
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219 | 219 | | Procedure) . . . $15; |
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220 | 220 | | (10) cost of certain evaluations (Art. 102.018, Code |
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221 | 221 | | of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost; |
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222 | 222 | | (11) additional costs attendant to certain |
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223 | 223 | | intoxication convictions under Chapter 49, Penal Code, for |
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224 | 224 | | emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care |
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225 | 225 | | systems (Art. 102.0185, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100; |
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226 | 226 | | (12) additional costs attendant to certain child |
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227 | 227 | | sexual assault and related convictions, for child abuse prevention |
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228 | 228 | | programs (Art. 102.0186, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100; |
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229 | 229 | | (13) cost for DNA testing for certain felonies (Art. |
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230 | 230 | | 102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $250; |
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231 | 231 | | (14) court cost on an offense of public lewdness or |
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232 | 232 | | indecent exposure (Art. 102.020, Code of Criminal |
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233 | 233 | | Procedure) . . . $50; |
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234 | 234 | | (15) if required by the court, a restitution fee for |
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235 | 235 | | costs incurred in collecting restitution installments and for the |
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236 | 236 | | compensation to victims of crime fund (Art. 42.037, Code of |
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237 | 237 | | Criminal Procedure) . . . $12; [and] |
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238 | 238 | | (16) if directed by the justice of the peace or |
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239 | 239 | | municipal court judge hearing the case, court costs on conviction |
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240 | 240 | | in a criminal action (Art. 45.041, Code of Criminal |
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241 | 241 | | Procedure) . . . part or all of the costs as directed by the judge; |
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242 | 242 | | (17) costs attendant to convictions under Chapter 49, |
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243 | 243 | | Penal Code, and under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, to help |
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244 | 244 | | fund drug court programs established under Chapter 469, Health and |
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245 | 245 | | Safety Code (Art. 102.0178, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $50; |
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246 | 246 | | and |
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247 | 247 | | (18) costs attendant to convictions of certain |
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248 | 248 | | offenses under Chapter 49, Penal Code, for the memorial sign |
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249 | 249 | | program under Section 201.909, Transportation Code (Art. 102.0184, |
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250 | 250 | | Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $300. |
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251 | 251 | | (b) Section 102.0215, Government Code, is repealed. |
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252 | 252 | | SECTION 8. Section 411.081(e), Government Code, is amended |
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253 | 253 | | to read as follows: |
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254 | 254 | | (e) A person is entitled to petition the court under |
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255 | 255 | | Subsection (d) only if during the period of the deferred |
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256 | 256 | | adjudication community supervision for which the order of |
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257 | 257 | | nondisclosure is requested and during the applicable period |
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258 | 258 | | described by Subsection (d)(1), (2), or (3), as appropriate, the |
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259 | 259 | | person is not convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication |
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260 | 260 | | community supervision under Section 5, Article 42.12, Code of |
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261 | 261 | | Criminal Procedure, for any offense other than an offense under the |
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262 | 262 | | Transportation Code punishable by fine only. A person is not |
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263 | 263 | | entitled to petition the court under Subsection (d) if the person |
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264 | 264 | | was placed on the deferred adjudication community supervision for |
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265 | 265 | | or has been previously convicted or placed on any other deferred |
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266 | 266 | | adjudication for: |
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267 | 267 | | (1) an offense requiring registration as a sex |
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268 | 268 | | offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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269 | 269 | | (2) an offense under Section 20.04, Penal Code, |
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270 | 270 | | regardless of whether the offense is a reportable conviction or |
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271 | 271 | | adjudication for purposes of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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272 | 272 | | Procedure; |
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273 | 273 | | (3) an offense under Section 19.02, 19.03, 22.04, |
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274 | 274 | | 22.041, 25.07, or 42.072, Penal Code; [or] |
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275 | 275 | | (4) any other offense involving family violence, as |
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276 | 276 | | defined by Section 71.004, Family Code; or |
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277 | 277 | | (5) an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, |
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278 | 278 | | 49.06, or 49.065, Penal Code. |
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279 | 279 | | SECTION 9. Sections 49.09(a), (b), and (g), Penal Code, are |
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280 | 280 | | amended to read as follows: |
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281 | 281 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an offense under |
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282 | 282 | | Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or 49.065 is a Class A |
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283 | 283 | | misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 30 days, if it is |
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284 | 284 | | shown on the trial of the offense that the person has previously |
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285 | 285 | | been convicted one time of an offense relating to the operating of a |
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286 | 286 | | motor vehicle while intoxicated, an offense of operating an |
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287 | 287 | | aircraft while intoxicated, an offense of operating a watercraft |
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288 | 288 | | while intoxicated, or an offense of operating or assembling an |
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289 | 289 | | amusement ride while intoxicated. |
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290 | 290 | | (b) An offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or |
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291 | 291 | | 49.065 is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of |
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292 | 292 | | the offense that the person has previously been convicted: |
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293 | 293 | | (1) one time of an offense under Section 49.08 or an |
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294 | 294 | | offense under the laws of another state if the offense contains |
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295 | 295 | | elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an |
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296 | 296 | | offense under Section 49.08; or |
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297 | 297 | | (2) two times of any other offense relating to the |
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298 | 298 | | operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, operating an |
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299 | 299 | | aircraft while intoxicated, operating a watercraft while |
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300 | 300 | | intoxicated, or operating or assembling an amusement ride while |
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301 | 301 | | intoxicated. |
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302 | 302 | | (g) A conviction may be used for purposes of enhancement |
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303 | 303 | | under this section or enhancement under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, |
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304 | 304 | | but not under both this section and Subchapter D. A deferred |
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305 | 305 | | adjudication for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, |
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306 | 306 | | 49.06, or 49.065 is considered a conviction for purposes of |
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307 | 307 | | enhancement of penalties under this section or Subchapter D, |
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308 | 308 | | Chapter 12. |
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309 | 309 | | SECTION 10. Subchapter K, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, |
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310 | 310 | | is amended by adding Section 201.9095 to read as follows: |
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311 | 311 | | Sec. 201.9095. MEMORIAL SIGN ACCOUNT. The memorial sign |
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312 | 312 | | account is created as a dedicated account in the general revenue |
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313 | 313 | | fund of the state treasury. Money in the account may be |
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314 | 314 | | appropriated only to the Texas Department of Transportation to pay |
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315 | 315 | | costs incurred in posting memorial signs under Section 201.909. |
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316 | 316 | | SECTION 11. Section 521.246, Transportation Code, is |
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317 | 317 | | amended to read as follows: |
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318 | 318 | | Sec. 521.246. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE REQUIREMENT. (a) |
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319 | 319 | | If the person's license has been suspended after a conviction under |
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320 | 320 | | Sections 49.04-49.08 [Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08], Penal Code, |
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321 | 321 | | as [the judge, before signing an order, shall determine from the |
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322 | 322 | | criminal history record information maintained by the department |
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323 | 323 | | whether the person has any previous conviction under those laws. |
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324 | 324 | | [(b) As part of the order the judge may restrict the person |
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325 | 325 | | to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition |
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326 | 326 | | interlock device if the judge determines that the person's license |
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327 | 327 | | has been suspended following a conviction under Section 49.04, |
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328 | 328 | | 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code. As] part of the order, the judge shall |
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329 | 329 | | restrict the person to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped |
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330 | 330 | | with an ignition interlock device [if the judge determines that: |
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331 | 331 | | [(1) the person has two or more convictions under any |
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332 | 332 | | combination of Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; or |
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333 | 333 | | [(2) the person's license has been suspended after a |
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334 | 334 | | conviction under Section 49.04, Penal Code, for which the person |
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335 | 335 | | has been punished under Section 49.09, Penal Code]. |
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336 | 336 | | (b) [(c)] The person shall obtain the ignition interlock |
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337 | 337 | | device at the person's own expense unless the court finds that to do |
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338 | 338 | | so is not in the best interest of justice and enters that finding in |
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339 | 339 | | the record. If the court determines that the person is unable to |
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340 | 340 | | pay for the device, the court may impose a reasonable payment |
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341 | 341 | | schedule for a term not to exceed twice the period of the court's |
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342 | 342 | | order. |
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343 | 343 | | (c) [(d)] The court shall require the ignition interlock |
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344 | 344 | | device to be installed not later than the 10th day after the date |
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345 | 345 | | the occupational license takes effect and shall order the ignition |
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346 | 346 | | interlock device to remain installed for at least half of the period |
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347 | 347 | | of supervision. |
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348 | 348 | | (d) [(e)] A person to whom this section applies may operate |
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349 | 349 | | a motor vehicle without the installation of an approved ignition |
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350 | 350 | | interlock device if: |
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351 | 351 | | (1) the person is required to operate a motor vehicle |
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352 | 352 | | in the course and scope of the person's employment; |
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353 | 353 | | (2) the vehicle is owned by the person's employer; |
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354 | 354 | | (3) the employer is not owned or controlled by the |
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355 | 355 | | person whose driving privilege is restricted; |
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356 | 356 | | (4) the employer is notified of the driving privilege |
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357 | 357 | | restriction; and |
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358 | 358 | | (5) proof of that notification is with the vehicle. |
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359 | 359 | | [(f) A previous conviction may not be used for purposes of |
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360 | 360 | | restricting a person to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped |
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361 | 361 | | with an interlock ignition device under this section if: |
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362 | 362 | | [(1) the previous conviction was a final conviction |
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363 | 363 | | under Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, and was for an |
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364 | 364 | | offense committed more than 10 years before the instant offense for |
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365 | 365 | | which the person was convicted; and |
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366 | 366 | | [(2) the person has not been convicted of an offense |
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367 | 367 | | under Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08 of that code committed within |
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368 | 368 | | 10 years before the date on which the instant offense for which the |
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369 | 369 | | person was convicted.] |
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370 | 370 | | SECTION 12. Section 521.2476(b), Transportation Code, is |
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371 | 371 | | amended to read as follows: |
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372 | 372 | | (b) The minimum standards shall require each vendor to: |
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373 | 373 | | (1) be authorized by the department to do business in |
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374 | 374 | | this state; |
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375 | 375 | | (2) install a device only if the device is approved |
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376 | 376 | | under Section 521.247; |
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377 | 377 | | (3) obtain liability insurance providing coverage for |
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378 | 378 | | damages arising out of the operation or use of devices in amounts |
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379 | 379 | | and under the terms specified by the department; |
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380 | 380 | | (4) install the device and activate any |
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381 | 381 | | anticircumvention feature of the device not later than the 10th day |
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382 | 382 | | [within a reasonable time] after the date the vendor receives |
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383 | 383 | | notice that installation is ordered by a court; |
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384 | 384 | | (5) install and inspect the device in accordance with |
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385 | 385 | | any applicable court order; |
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386 | 386 | | (6) repair or replace a device not later than 48 hours |
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387 | 387 | | after receiving notice of a complaint regarding the operation of |
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388 | 388 | | the device; |
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389 | 389 | | (7) remove a device not later than the 10th day after |
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390 | 390 | | the date the owner or operator of the vehicle requests removal and |
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391 | 391 | | provides a copy of a court order to the vendor showing that the |
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392 | 392 | | owner or operator is no longer restricted to the use of a motor |
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393 | 393 | | vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device; |
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394 | 394 | | (8) submit a written report of any violation of a court |
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395 | 395 | | order to that court and to the person's supervising officer, if any, |
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396 | 396 | | not later than 48 hours after the vendor discovers the violation; |
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397 | 397 | | (9) [(8)] maintain a record of each action taken by |
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398 | 398 | | the vendor with respect to each device installed by the vendor, |
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399 | 399 | | including each action taken as a result of an attempt to circumvent |
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400 | 400 | | the device, until at least the fifth anniversary after the date of |
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401 | 401 | | installation; |
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402 | 402 | | (10) [(9)] make a copy of the record available for |
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403 | 403 | | inspection by or send a copy of the record to any court, supervising |
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404 | 404 | | officer, or the department on request; and |
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405 | 405 | | (11) [(10)] annually provide to the department a |
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406 | 406 | | written report of each service and ignition interlock device |
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407 | 407 | | feature made available by the vendor. |
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408 | 408 | | SECTION 13. Article 102.0184, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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409 | 409 | | as added by this Act, applies only to a cost on conviction for an |
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410 | 410 | | offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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411 | 411 | | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered |
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412 | 412 | | by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former |
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413 | 413 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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414 | 414 | | section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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415 | 415 | | Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date. |
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416 | 416 | | SECTION 14. The Texas Department of Transportation by rule |
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417 | 417 | | shall ensure that a memorial sign posted under Section 201.909, |
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418 | 418 | | Transportation Code, is released at the end of the one-year posting |
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419 | 419 | | period to the person who requested the posting under Subsection (d) |
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420 | 420 | | of that section, regardless of whether the person was required to |
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421 | 421 | | submit a fee to help defray the costs of posting. |
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422 | 422 | | SECTION 15. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, |
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423 | 423 | | the changes in law made by this Act apply only to an offense |
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424 | 424 | | committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense |
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425 | 425 | | committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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426 | 426 | | law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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427 | 427 | | continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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428 | 428 | | an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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429 | 429 | | any element of the offense was committed before that date. |
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430 | 430 | | (b) The changes in law made by this Act in amending Articles |
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431 | 431 | | 17.441 and 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Section 521.246, |
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432 | 432 | | Transportation Code, relating to the time frame for installation |
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433 | 433 | | and removal of an ignition interlock device, apply only to a court |
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434 | 434 | | order entered on or after the effective date of this section. A |
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435 | 435 | | court order entered before the effective date of this section is |
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436 | 436 | | governed by the law in effect when the court order was entered, and |
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437 | 437 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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438 | 438 | | (c) The Department of Public Safety by rule shall establish |
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439 | 439 | | the minimum standards required by Section 521.2476(b), |
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440 | 440 | | Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, not later than |
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441 | 441 | | December 1, 2009. |
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442 | 442 | | SECTION 16. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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