| 1 | 1 | | 89R4270 RDR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Allen H.B. No. 1414 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license |
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| 10 | 10 | | invalid. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with |
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| 15 | 15 | | committing an offense under: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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| 17 | 17 | | offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that |
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| 18 | 18 | | section; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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| 20 | 20 | | offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that |
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| 21 | 21 | | section; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 23 | 23 | | punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 25 | 25 | | punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) of that section; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 27 | 27 | | punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 29 | 29 | | punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5-a) Section 37.10, Penal Code, if the offense is for |
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| 31 | 31 | | tampering with a temporary tag issued under Chapter 502 or 503, |
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| 32 | 32 | | Transportation Code; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 34 | 34 | | punishable as a Class B misdemeanor [; or |
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| 35 | 35 | | [(7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code]. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. Section 521.457(e), Transportation Code, is |
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| 37 | 37 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (e) Except as provided by Subsections [(f),] (f-1)[,] and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (f-2), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 3. Section 521.457(f), Transportation Code, is |
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| 41 | 41 | | repealed. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 43 | 43 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 44 | 44 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 45 | 45 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 46 | 46 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 47 | 47 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 48 | 48 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 49 | 49 | | before that date. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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