84R5264 AAF-F
By: Wu H.B. No. 823
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier
safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 644.151, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an [An] offense
under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under this section relating to brakes, tires,
or load securement is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
not less than $150 or more than $500 if the offense involves a
violation of:
(1) 49 C.F.R. Section 392.7 or 392.9, as those
regulations existed on April 1, 2014;
(2) a regulation under 49 C.F.R. Part 393, Subpart C,
as that regulation existed on April 1, 2014;
(3) 49 C.F.R. Section 393.75, as that regulation
existed on April 1, 2014; or
(4) a regulation under 49 C.F.R. Part 393, Subpart I,
as that regulation existed on April 1, 2014.
SECTION 2. An offense under Section 644.151, Transportation
Code, as amended by this Act, 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
occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.