By: Zaffirini, Uresti S.B. No. 52
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalties for the illegal use of a parking space or
area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j), Section
681.011, Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(g) Except as provided by Subsections (h)-(k), an offense
under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
than $500 [$250] or more than $750 [$500].
(h) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
section that the person has been previously convicted one time of an
offense under this section, the offense is punishable by:
(1) a fine of not less than $550 [$300] or more than
$800 [$600]; and
(2) 10 hours of community service.
(i) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
section that the person has been previously convicted two times of
an offense under this section, the offense is punishable by:
(1) a fine of not less than $550 [$300] or more than
$800 [$600]; and
(2) not less than 20 [10] or more than 30 [20] hours of
community service.
(j) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
section that the person has been previously convicted three times
of an offense under this section, the offense is punishable by:
(1) a fine of not less than $800 [$500] or more than
$1,100 [$1,000]; and
(2) [not less than 20 or more than] 50 hours of
community service.
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.