By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1888
(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1888 By: Taylor of Collin
COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
NicholsX
HuffinesX
EllisX
FraserX
GarciaX
HallX
HancockX
KolkhorstX
TaylorofCollinX
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; increasing a
penalty.
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 $500, except that the offense is
a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 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, 2015.
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