Bill Text: TX HB2785 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the offense of driving while license invalid.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB2785 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2785-Introduced.html

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85R9487 AJZ-D
By: White H.B. No. 2785

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of driving while license invalid.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 521.457(e) and (f-1), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(e) Except as provided by Subsections [(f),] (f-1)[,] and
(f-2), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(f-1) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
section that at the time of the offense, the license of the person
was [has previously been] suspended as the result of an offense
involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, the
offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. Section 521.457(f), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.