| 1 | 1 | | 82R3327 NAJ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gonzalez H.B. No. 258 |
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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 amount of the state traffic fine. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 542.4031(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) In addition to the fine prescribed by Section 542.401 or |
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| 12 | 12 | | another section of this subtitle, as applicable, a person who |
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| 13 | 13 | | enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to or is convicted of an |
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| 14 | 14 | | offense under this subtitle shall pay $45 [$30] as a state traffic |
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| 15 | 15 | | fine. The person shall pay the state traffic fine when the person |
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| 16 | 16 | | enters the person's plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or on the |
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| 17 | 17 | | date of conviction, whichever is earlier. The state traffic fine |
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| 18 | 18 | | shall be paid regardless of whether: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) a sentence is imposed on the person; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the court defers final disposition of the person's |
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| 21 | 21 | | case; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) the person is placed on community supervision, |
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| 23 | 23 | | including deferred adjudication community supervision. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 25 | 25 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 26 | 26 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 27 | 27 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 28 | 28 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 29 | 29 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 30 | 30 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 31 | 31 | | before that date. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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