Bill Text: TX HB1174 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school bus.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-5)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1174 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1174-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1174
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the penalties for illegally passing a stopped school
  bus.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 545.066(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
  punishable by a fine of not less than $500 [$200] or more than
  $1,250 [$1,000], except that the offense is:
               (1)  a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
  $1,000 or more than $2,000 if the person is convicted of a second or
  subsequent offense under this section committed within five years
  of the date on which the most recent preceding offense was
  committed;
               (2)  a Class A misdemeanor if the person causes serious
  bodily injury to another; or
               (3) [(2)]  a state jail felony if the person has been
  previously convicted under Subdivision (2) [(1)].
         SECTION 2.  (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
  only to an offense committed on or after September 1, 2013.
         (b)  An offense committed before September 1, 2013, is
  covered 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 subsection, an offense was committed before September 1, 2013,
  if any element of the offense was committed before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1174 was passed by the House on May
  10, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 3, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1174 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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