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| 1 | - | By: Oliverson, Thierry, Murr H.B. No. 4070 | |
| 1 | + | 86R7390 KJE-D | |
| 2 | + | By: Oliverson, Thierry H.B. No. 4070 | |
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| 4 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 7 | relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of passing a | |
| 7 | 8 | school bus; increasing a criminal penalty. | |
| 8 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 545.066, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 11 | by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | |
| 11 | 12 | follows: | |
| 12 | 13 | (c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor | |
| 13 | 14 | punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,250, | |
| 14 | 15 | except that the offense is: | |
| 15 | 16 | (1) a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than | |
| 16 | 17 | $1,000 or more than $2,000 if the person is convicted of a second or | |
| 17 | 18 | subsequent offense under this section committed within five years | |
| 18 | 19 | of the date on which the most recent preceding offense was | |
| 19 | 20 | committed; or | |
| 20 | - | (2) a felony of the | |
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| 21 | + | (2) a felony of the second degree [Class A | |
| 22 | + | misdemeanor] if the person causes serious bodily injury to | |
| 23 | + | another[; or | |
| 23 | 24 | [(3) a state jail felony if the person has been | |
| 24 | 25 | previously convicted under Subdivision (2)]. | |
| 25 | 26 | (g) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | |
| 26 | 27 | also constitutes an offense under another provision of law, the | |
| 27 | 28 | person may be prosecuted under either this section or the other | |
| 28 | 29 | provision. | |
| 29 | 30 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 30 | 31 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 31 | 32 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 32 | 33 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 33 | 34 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 34 | 35 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 35 | 36 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 36 | 37 | before that date. | |
| 37 | 38 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |