By: Carona S.B. No. 1608
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 23, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland
Security; April 26, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
April 26, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1608 By: Watson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license or
financial responsibility; creating a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 521.025, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense.
An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a
fine not to exceed $200, except that:
(1) for a second conviction within one year after the
date of the first conviction, the offense is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200; [and]
(2) for a third or subsequent conviction within one
year after the date of the second conviction the offense is a
misdemeanor punishable by:
(A) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $500;
(B) confinement in the county jail for not less
than 72 hours or more than six months; or
(C) both the fine and confinement; and
(3) if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at
the time of the offense the person was operating the motor vehicle
in violation of Section 601.191 and caused or was at fault in a
motor vehicle accident that resulted in serious bodily injury to or
the death of another person, an offense under this section is a
Class A misdemeanor.
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.
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