Texas 2011 82nd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB395 Introduced / Bill

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                    82R1493 GCB-D
 By: Patrick S.B. No. 395


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the punishment for certain intoxication offenses.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 5(d), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
 (d)  In all other cases the judge may grant deferred
 adjudication unless:
 (1)  the defendant is charged with an offense:
 (A)  under Section 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08
 [Sections 49.04-49.08], Penal Code; [or]
 (B)  under Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, or 49.065,
 Penal Code, and, at the time of the offense, the defendant held a
 commercial driver's license or a commercial driver learner's
 permit;
 (C)  for which punishment may be increased under
 Section 49.09, Penal Code; or
 (D)  for which punishment may be increased under
 Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it
 is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an
 offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those
 subsections;
 (2)  the defendant:
 (A)  is charged with an offense under Section
 21.11, 22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, regardless of the age of the
 victim, or a felony described by Section 13B(b) of this article; and
 (B)  has previously been placed on community
 supervision for any offense under Paragraph (A) of this
 subdivision; or
 (3)  the defendant is charged with an offense under:
 (A)  Section 21.02, Penal Code; or
 (B)  Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is
 punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section
 12.42(c)(3), Penal Code.
 SECTION 2.  Section 13, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
 Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
 (o)  A judge granting deferred adjudication to a defendant
 for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, or 49.065, Penal
 Code, shall require the defendant to have an ignition interlock
 device installed under Subsection (i), regardless of whether the
 defendant would be required to have the device installed if the
 defendant was convicted.
 SECTION 3.  Section 411.081(e), Government Code, is amended
 to read as follows:
 (e)  A person is entitled to petition the court under
 Subsection (d) only if during the period of the deferred
 adjudication community supervision for which the order of
 nondisclosure is requested and during the applicable period
 described by Subsection (d)(1), (2), or (3), as appropriate, the
 person is not convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication
 community supervision under Section 5, Article 42.12, Code of
 Criminal Procedure, for any offense other than an offense under the
 Transportation Code punishable by fine only.  A person is not
 entitled to petition the court under Subsection (d) if the person
 was placed on the deferred adjudication community supervision for
 or has been previously convicted or placed on any other deferred
 adjudication for:
 (1)  an offense requiring registration as a sex
 offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure;
 (2)  an offense under Section 20.04, Penal Code,
 regardless of whether the offense is a reportable conviction or
 adjudication for purposes of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
 Procedure;
 (3)  an offense under Section 19.02, 19.03, 22.04,
 22.041, 25.07, or 42.072, Penal Code; [or]
 (4)  any other offense involving family violence, as
 defined by Section 71.004, Family Code; or
 (5)  an offense under Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, or
 49.065, Penal Code.
 SECTION 4.  Sections 49.09(b) and (g), Penal Code, are
 amended to read as follows:
 (b)  An offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, or
 49.065 is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the trial of
 the offense that the person has previously been convicted:
 (1)  one time of an offense under Section 49.08 or an
 offense under the laws of another state if the offense contains
 elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an
 offense under Section 49.08; or
 (2)  two times of any other offense relating to the
 operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, operating an
 aircraft while intoxicated, operating a watercraft while
 intoxicated, or operating or assembling an amusement ride while
 intoxicated.
 (g)  A conviction may be used for purposes of enhancement
 under this section or enhancement under Subchapter D, Chapter 12,
 but not under both this section and Subchapter D. A deferred
 adjudication for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, or
 49.065 is considered a conviction for purposes of enhancement of
 penalties under this section or Subchapter D, Chapter 12.
 SECTION 5.  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 when 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 was
 committed before that date.
 SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.