By: Fallon, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 1174
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2013;
May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school
bus.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.066(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $500 [$200] or more than
$1,250 [$1,000], except that the offense is:
(1) a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
$1,000 or more than $2,000 if the person is convicted of a second or
subsequent offense under this section committed within five years
of the date on which the most recent preceding offense was
committed;
(2) a Class A misdemeanor if the person causes serious
bodily injury to another; or
(3) [(2)] a state jail felony if the person has been
previously convicted under Subdivision (2) [(1)].
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2013.
(b) An offense committed before September 1, 2013, 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, 2013,
if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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