By: Lewis (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 3523
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to punishment for the offense of driving a commercial
motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 522.011(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) An offense under this section is a [Class C] misdemeanor
punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, except that the offense
is a Class B misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense
that the defendant was convicted of an offense under this section in
the year preceding the date of the offense that is the subject of
the trial.
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, 2013.
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