84R952 GCB-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 192
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to convictions considered for purposes of enhancing the
punishment for certain intoxication offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49.09, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) A conviction may not be used for purposes of enhancement
under this section if the person has not been convicted of an
offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07,
or 49.08 or any offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle
while intoxicated committed within 10 years of the date on which the
offense for which the person is being tried was committed.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an
offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act and to
any criminal action pending on the effective date of this Act for an
offense committed before that effective date. A final conviction
for an offense punished under Section 49.09, Penal Code, that
exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.