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11 By: Smith of Tarrant, Callegari, Vo, Merritt, H.B. No. 4061
22 Harless, et al.
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the consequences of an arrest for or conviction of
88 certain intoxication offenses.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Todd Levin-Lilly
1111 Lalime Memorial Act.
1212 SECTION 2. Article 17.441(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
1313 is amended to read as follows:
1414 (c) If the defendant is required to have the device
1515 installed, the magistrate shall require that the defendant have the
1616 device installed on the appropriate motor vehicle, at the
1717 defendant's expense, not later than the 10th [before the 30th] day
1818 after the date the defendant is released on bond.
1919 SECTION 3. Section 5(d), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
2020 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
2121 (d) In all other cases the judge may grant deferred
2222 adjudication unless:
2323 (1) the defendant is charged with an offense:
2424 (A) under Section 49.07 or 49.08 [Sections
2525 49.04-49.08], Penal Code; [or]
2626 (B) under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or
2727 49.065, Penal Code, and, at the time of the offense, the defendant:
2828 (i) held a commercial driver's license or a
2929 commercial driver learner's permit; or
3030 (ii) was driving a commercial vehicle;
3131 (C) for which punishment may be increased under
3232 Section 49.09, Penal Code; or
3333 (D) for which punishment may be increased under
3434 Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it
3535 is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an
3636 offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those
3737 subsections;
3838 (2) the defendant:
3939 (A) is charged with an offense under Section
4040 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the
4141 victim, or a felony described by Section 13B(b) of this article; and
4242 (B) has previously been placed on community
4343 supervision for any offense under Paragraph (A) of this
4444 subdivision; or
4545 (3) the defendant is charged with an offense under:
4646 (A) Section 21.02, Penal Code; or
4747 (B) Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is
4848 punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section
4949 12.42(c)(3), Penal Code.
5050 SECTION 4. Sections 13(i) and (n), Article 42.12, Code of
5151 Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
5252 (i) If a person convicted of an offense under Sections
5353 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, is placed on community supervision, the
5454 court shall [may] require as a condition of community supervision
5555 that the defendant have a device installed, on the motor vehicle
5656 owned by the defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by
5757 the defendant, that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to
5858 make impractical the operation of the motor vehicle if ethyl
5959 alcohol is detected in the breath of the operator and that the
6060 defendant not operate any motor vehicle that is not equipped with
6161 that device. [If it is shown on the trial of the offense that an
6262 analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath, or urine
6363 showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.15 or more at the time
6464 the analysis was performed, or if the person is convicted of an
6565 offense under Sections 49.04-49.06, Penal Code, and punished under
6666 Section 49.09(a) or (b), Penal Code, or of a second or subsequent
6767 offense under Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code, and the person
6868 after conviction of either offense is placed on community
6969 supervision, the court shall require as a condition of community
7070 supervision that the defendant have the device installed on the
7171 appropriate vehicle and that the defendant not operate any motor
7272 vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with that device. Before
7373 placing on community supervision a person convicted of an offense
7474 under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, the court shall determine
7575 from criminal history record information maintained by the
7676 Department of Public Safety whether the person has one or more
7777 previous convictions under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, or has
7878 one previous conviction under Sections 49.04-49.07, Penal Code, or
7979 one previous conviction under Section 49.08, Penal Code. If it is
8080 shown on the trial of the offense that an analysis of a specimen of
8181 the person's blood, breath, or urine showed an alcohol
8282 concentration level of 0.15 or more at the time the analysis was
8383 performed, or if the court determines that the person has one or
8484 more such previous convictions, the court shall require as a
8585 condition of community supervision that the defendant have that
8686 device installed on the motor vehicle owned by the defendant or on
8787 the vehicle most regularly driven by the defendant and that the
8888 defendant not operate any motor vehicle unless the vehicle is
8989 equipped with the device described in this subsection.] The court
9090 shall require the defendant to obtain the device at the defendant's
9191 own cost not later than the 10th [before the 30th] day after the
9292 date of conviction unless the court finds that to do so would not be
9393 in the best interest of justice and enters its findings on record.
9494 The court shall require the defendant to promptly provide evidence
9595 to the court [within the 30-day period] that the device has been
9696 installed on the appropriate vehicle and order the device to remain
9797 installed on that vehicle for a period not less than 50 percent of
9898 the supervision period. If the court determines the offender is
9999 unable to pay for the device, the court may impose a reasonable
100100 payment schedule not to exceed twice the period of the court's
101101 order. The Department of Public Safety shall approve devices for
102102 use under this subsection. Section 521.247, Transportation Code,
103103 applies to the approval of a device under this subsection and the
104104 consequences of that approval. Notwithstanding the provisions of
105105 this section, if a person is required to operate a motor vehicle in
106106 the course and scope of the person's employment and if the vehicle
107107 is owned by the employer, the person may operate that vehicle
108108 without installation of an approved ignition interlock device if
109109 the employer has been notified of that driving privilege
110110 restriction and if proof of that notification is with the vehicle.
111111 This employment exemption does not apply, however, if the business
112112 entity that owns the vehicle is owned or controlled by the person
113113 whose driving privilege has been restricted. [A previous
114114 conviction may not be used for purposes of restricting a person to
115115 the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an interlock
116116 ignition device under this subsection if:
117117 [(1) the previous conviction was a final conviction
118118 under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal
119119 Code, and was for an offense committed more than 10 years before the
120120 instant offense for which the person was convicted and placed on
121121 community supervision; and
122122 [(2) the person has not been convicted of an offense
123123 under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08 of that
124124 code, committed within 10 years before the date on which the instant
125125 offense for which the person was convicted and placed on community
126126 supervision.]
127127 (n) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or
128128 other law, the judge who places on community supervision a
129129 defendant who is younger than 21 years of age and convicted for an
130130 offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, shall[:
131131 [(1)] order that the defendant's driver's license be
132132 suspended for 90 days beginning on the date that the person is
133133 placed on community supervision [; and
134134 [(2) require as a condition of community supervision
135135 that the defendant not operate a motor vehicle unless the vehicle is
136136 equipped with the device described by Subsection (i) of this
137137 section].
138138 SECTION 5. Section 13, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
139139 Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
140140 (o) A judge granting deferred adjudication to a defendant
141141 for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or
142142 49.065, Penal Code, shall require the defendant to have an ignition
143143 interlock device installed under Subsection (i), regardless of
144144 whether the defendant would be required to have the device
145145 installed if the defendant was convicted.
146146 SECTION 6. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal
147147 Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.0184 to read as
148148 follows:
149149 Art. 102.0184. ADDITIONAL COSTS ATTENDANT TO INTOXICATION
150150 CONVICTIONS: MEMORIAL SIGNS. (a) In addition to other costs on
151151 conviction imposed by this chapter, a person convicted of an
152152 offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code,
153153 that involved the operating of a motor vehicle and resulted in the
154154 death of another person shall pay a memorial sign fee not to exceed
155155 $300 as a court cost on conviction of the offense.
156156 (b) In this article, a person is considered convicted if:
157157 (1) a sentence is imposed on the person; or
158158 (2) the person is placed on community supervision.
159159 (c) A clerk of the court shall collect the costs and pay them
160160 to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the memorial sign
161161 account established under Section 201.9095, Transportation Code.
162162 SECTION 7. (a) Section 102.021, Government Code, is
163163 amended to conform to Chapter 1263 (H.B. 3060), Acts of the 80th
164164 Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and is further amended to read
165165 as follows:
166166 Sec. 102.021. COURT COSTS ON CONVICTION: CODE OF CRIMINAL
167167 PROCEDURE. A person convicted of an offense shall pay the following
168168 under the Code of Criminal Procedure, in addition to all other
169169 costs:
170170 (1) court cost on conviction of any offense, other
171171 than a conviction of an offense relating to a pedestrian or the
172172 parking of a motor vehicle (Art. 102.0045, Code of Criminal
173173 Procedure) . . . $4;
174174 (2) a fee for services of prosecutor (Art. 102.008,
175175 Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
176176 (3) fees for services of peace officer:
177177 (A) issuing a written notice to appear in court
178178 for certain violations (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal
179179 Procedure) . . . $5;
180180 (B) executing or processing an issued arrest
181181 warrant, [or] capias, or capias pro fine (Art. 102.011, Code of
182182 Criminal Procedure) . . . $50;
183183 (C) summoning a witness (Art. 102.011, Code of
184184 Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;
185185 (D) serving a writ not otherwise listed (Art.
186186 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $35;
187187 (E) taking and approving a bond and, if
188188 necessary, returning the bond to courthouse (Art. 102.011, Code of
189189 Criminal Procedure) . . . $10;
190190 (F) commitment or release (Art. 102.011, Code of
191191 Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;
192192 (G) summoning a jury (Art. 102.011, Code of
193193 Criminal Procedure) . . . $5;
194194 (H) attendance of a prisoner in habeas corpus
195195 case if prisoner has been remanded to custody or held to bail (Art.
196196 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $8 each day;
197197 (I) mileage for certain services performed (Art.
198198 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $0.29 per mile; and
199199 (J) services of a sheriff or constable who serves
200200 process and attends examining trial in certain cases (Art. 102.011,
201201 Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $5;
202202 (4) services of a peace officer in conveying a witness
203203 outside the county (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal
204204 Procedure) . . . $10 per day or part of a day, plus actual
205205 necessary travel expenses;
206206 (5) overtime of peace officer for time spent
207207 testifying in the trial or traveling to or from testifying in the
208208 trial (Art. 102.011, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost;
209209 (6) court costs on an offense relating to rules of the
210210 road, when offense occurs within a school crossing zone (Art.
211211 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
212212 (7) court costs on an offense of passing a school bus
213213 (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $25;
214214 (8) court costs on an offense of truancy or
215215 contributing to truancy (Art. 102.014, Code of Criminal
216216 Procedure) . . . $20;
217217 (9) cost for visual recording of intoxication arrest
218218 before conviction (Art. 102.018, Code of Criminal
219219 Procedure) . . . $15;
220220 (10) cost of certain evaluations (Art. 102.018, Code
221221 of Criminal Procedure) . . . actual cost;
222222 (11) additional costs attendant to certain
223223 intoxication convictions under Chapter 49, Penal Code, for
224224 emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care
225225 systems (Art. 102.0185, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;
226226 (12) additional costs attendant to certain child
227227 sexual assault and related convictions, for child abuse prevention
228228 programs (Art. 102.0186, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $100;
229229 (13) cost for DNA testing for certain felonies (Art.
230230 102.020, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $250;
231231 (14) court cost on an offense of public lewdness or
232232 indecent exposure (Art. 102.020, Code of Criminal
233233 Procedure) . . . $50;
234234 (15) if required by the court, a restitution fee for
235235 costs incurred in collecting restitution installments and for the
236236 compensation to victims of crime fund (Art. 42.037, Code of
237237 Criminal Procedure) . . . $12; [and]
238238 (16) if directed by the justice of the peace or
239239 municipal court judge hearing the case, court costs on conviction
240240 in a criminal action (Art. 45.041, Code of Criminal
241241 Procedure) . . . part or all of the costs as directed by the judge;
242242 (17) costs attendant to convictions under Chapter 49,
243243 Penal Code, and under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, to help
244244 fund drug court programs established under Chapter 469, Health and
245245 Safety Code (Art. 102.0178, Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . $50;
246246 and
247247 (18) costs attendant to convictions of certain
248248 offenses under Chapter 49, Penal Code, for the memorial sign
249249 program under Section 201.909, Transportation Code (Art. 102.0184,
250250 Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $300.
251251 (b) Section 102.0215, Government Code, is repealed.
252252 SECTION 8. Section 411.081(e), Government Code, is amended
253253 to read as follows:
254254 (e) A person is entitled to petition the court under
255255 Subsection (d) only if during the period of the deferred
256256 adjudication community supervision for which the order of
257257 nondisclosure is requested and during the applicable period
258258 described by Subsection (d)(1), (2), or (3), as appropriate, the
259259 person is not convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication
260260 community supervision under Section 5, Article 42.12, Code of
261261 Criminal Procedure, for any offense other than an offense under the
262262 Transportation Code punishable by fine only. A person is not
263263 entitled to petition the court under Subsection (d) if the person
264264 was placed on the deferred adjudication community supervision for
265265 or has been previously convicted or placed on any other deferred
266266 adjudication for:
267267 (1) an offense requiring registration as a sex
268268 offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure;
269269 (2) an offense under Section 20.04, Penal Code,
270270 regardless of whether the offense is a reportable conviction or
271271 adjudication for purposes of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
272272 Procedure;
273273 (3) an offense under Section 19.02, 19.03, 22.04,
274274 22.041, 25.07, or 42.072, Penal Code; [or]
275275 (4) any other offense involving family violence, as
276276 defined by Section 71.004, Family Code; or
277277 (5) an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05,
278278 49.06, or 49.065, Penal Code.
279279 SECTION 9. Sections 49.09(a), (b), and (g), Penal Code, are
280280 amended to read as follows:
281281 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an offense under
282282 Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or 49.065 is a Class A
283283 misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 30 days, if it is
284284 shown on the trial of the offense that the person has previously
285285 been convicted one time of an offense relating to the operating of a
286286 motor vehicle while intoxicated, an offense of operating an
287287 aircraft while intoxicated, an offense of operating a watercraft
288288 while intoxicated, or an offense of operating or assembling an
289289 amusement ride while intoxicated.
290290 (b) An offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or
291291 49.065 is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of
292292 the offense that the person has previously been convicted:
293293 (1) one time of an offense under Section 49.08 or an
294294 offense under the laws of another state if the offense contains
295295 elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an
296296 offense under Section 49.08; or
297297 (2) two times of any other offense relating to the
298298 operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, operating an
299299 aircraft while intoxicated, operating a watercraft while
300300 intoxicated, or operating or assembling an amusement ride while
301301 intoxicated.
302302 (g) A conviction may be used for purposes of enhancement
303303 under this section or enhancement under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,
304304 but not under both this section and Subchapter D. A deferred
305305 adjudication for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05,
306306 49.06, or 49.065 is considered a conviction for purposes of
307307 enhancement of penalties under this section or Subchapter D,
308308 Chapter 12.
309309 SECTION 10. Subchapter K, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
310310 is amended by adding Section 201.9095 to read as follows:
311311 Sec. 201.9095. MEMORIAL SIGN ACCOUNT. The memorial sign
312312 account is created as a dedicated account in the general revenue
313313 fund of the state treasury. Money in the account may be
314314 appropriated only to the Texas Department of Transportation to pay
315315 costs incurred in posting memorial signs under Section 201.909.
316316 SECTION 11. Section 521.246, Transportation Code, is
317317 amended to read as follows:
318318 Sec. 521.246. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE REQUIREMENT. (a)
319319 If the person's license has been suspended after a conviction under
320320 Sections 49.04-49.08 [Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08], Penal Code,
321321 as [the judge, before signing an order, shall determine from the
322322 criminal history record information maintained by the department
323323 whether the person has any previous conviction under those laws.
324324 [(b) As part of the order the judge may restrict the person
325325 to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition
326326 interlock device if the judge determines that the person's license
327327 has been suspended following a conviction under Section 49.04,
328328 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code. As] part of the order, the judge shall
329329 restrict the person to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped
330330 with an ignition interlock device [if the judge determines that:
331331 [(1) the person has two or more convictions under any
332332 combination of Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; or
333333 [(2) the person's license has been suspended after a
334334 conviction under Section 49.04, Penal Code, for which the person
335335 has been punished under Section 49.09, Penal Code].
336336 (b) [(c)] The person shall obtain the ignition interlock
337337 device at the person's own expense unless the court finds that to do
338338 so is not in the best interest of justice and enters that finding in
339339 the record. If the court determines that the person is unable to
340340 pay for the device, the court may impose a reasonable payment
341341 schedule for a term not to exceed twice the period of the court's
342342 order.
343343 (c) [(d)] The court shall require the ignition interlock
344344 device to be installed not later than the 10th day after the date
345345 the occupational license takes effect and shall order the ignition
346346 interlock device to remain installed for at least half of the period
347347 of supervision.
348348 (d) [(e)] A person to whom this section applies may operate
349349 a motor vehicle without the installation of an approved ignition
350350 interlock device if:
351351 (1) the person is required to operate a motor vehicle
352352 in the course and scope of the person's employment;
353353 (2) the vehicle is owned by the person's employer;
354354 (3) the employer is not owned or controlled by the
355355 person whose driving privilege is restricted;
356356 (4) the employer is notified of the driving privilege
357357 restriction; and
358358 (5) proof of that notification is with the vehicle.
359359 [(f) A previous conviction may not be used for purposes of
360360 restricting a person to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped
361361 with an interlock ignition device under this section if:
362362 [(1) the previous conviction was a final conviction
363363 under Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, and was for an
364364 offense committed more than 10 years before the instant offense for
365365 which the person was convicted; and
366366 [(2) the person has not been convicted of an offense
367367 under Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08 of that code committed within
368368 10 years before the date on which the instant offense for which the
369369 person was convicted.]
370370 SECTION 12. Section 521.2476(b), Transportation Code, is
371371 amended to read as follows:
372372 (b) The minimum standards shall require each vendor to:
373373 (1) be authorized by the department to do business in
374374 this state;
375375 (2) install a device only if the device is approved
376376 under Section 521.247;
377377 (3) obtain liability insurance providing coverage for
378378 damages arising out of the operation or use of devices in amounts
379379 and under the terms specified by the department;
380380 (4) install the device and activate any
381381 anticircumvention feature of the device not later than the 10th day
382382 [within a reasonable time] after the date the vendor receives
383383 notice that installation is ordered by a court;
384384 (5) install and inspect the device in accordance with
385385 any applicable court order;
386386 (6) repair or replace a device not later than 48 hours
387387 after receiving notice of a complaint regarding the operation of
388388 the device;
389389 (7) remove a device not later than the 10th day after
390390 the date the owner or operator of the vehicle requests removal and
391391 provides a copy of a court order to the vendor showing that the
392392 owner or operator is no longer restricted to the use of a motor
393393 vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device;
394394 (8) submit a written report of any violation of a court
395395 order to that court and to the person's supervising officer, if any,
396396 not later than 48 hours after the vendor discovers the violation;
397397 (9) [(8)] maintain a record of each action taken by
398398 the vendor with respect to each device installed by the vendor,
399399 including each action taken as a result of an attempt to circumvent
400400 the device, until at least the fifth anniversary after the date of
401401 installation;
402402 (10) [(9)] make a copy of the record available for
403403 inspection by or send a copy of the record to any court, supervising
404404 officer, or the department on request; and
405405 (11) [(10)] annually provide to the department a
406406 written report of each service and ignition interlock device
407407 feature made available by the vendor.
408408 SECTION 13. Article 102.0184, Code of Criminal Procedure,
409409 as added by this Act, applies only to a cost on conviction for an
410410 offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
411411 offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
412412 by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
413413 law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
414414 section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
415415 Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
416416 SECTION 14. The Texas Department of Transportation by rule
417417 shall ensure that a memorial sign posted under Section 201.909,
418418 Transportation Code, is released at the end of the one-year posting
419419 period to the person who requested the posting under Subsection (d)
420420 of that section, regardless of whether the person was required to
421421 submit a fee to help defray the costs of posting.
422422 SECTION 15. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this Act,
423423 the changes in law made by this Act apply only to an offense
424424 committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense
425425 committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
426426 law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
427427 continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section,
428428 an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if
429429 any element of the offense was committed before that date.
430430 (b) The changes in law made by this Act in amending Articles
431431 17.441 and 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, and Section 521.246,
432432 Transportation Code, relating to the time frame for installation
433433 and removal of an ignition interlock device, apply only to a court
434434 order entered on or after the effective date of this section. A
435435 court order entered before the effective date of this section is
436436 governed by the law in effect when the court order was entered, and
437437 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
438438 (c) The Department of Public Safety by rule shall establish
439439 the minimum standards required by Section 521.2476(b),
440440 Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, not later than
441441 December 1, 2009.
442442 SECTION 16. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.