82R3155 JXC-F
By: Fletcher H.B. No. 1213
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the penalty for the offense of leaving the
scene of an accident that involves personal injury or death.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 550.021(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A person commits an offense if the person does not stop
or does not comply with the requirements of this section. An
offense under this section[:
[(1) involving an accident resulting in death of or
serious bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, to a
person] is a felony of the third degree[; and
[(2) involving an accident resulting in injury to
which Subdivision (1) does not apply is punishable by:
[(A) imprisonment in the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the
county jail for not more than one year;
[(B) a fine not to exceed $5,000; or
[(C) both the fine and the imprisonment or
confinement].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.