Bill Text: TX HB4106 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 4106 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of intoxication assault.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB4106 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB4106-Introduced.html

	86R7324 LHC-F

	By: Bell of Kaufman	H.B. No. 4106



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of
	intoxication assault.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 49.07, Penal Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 49.07. INTOXICATION ASSAULT. (a) A person commits an
	offense if the person, by accident or mistake:
	(1) while operating an aircraft, watercraft, or
	amusement ride while intoxicated, or while operating a motor
	vehicle in a public place while intoxicated, by reason of that
	intoxication causes bodily injury or serious bodily injury to
	another; or
	(2) as a result of assembling a mobile amusement ride
	while intoxicated causes bodily injury or serious bodily injury to
	another.
	(b) In this section, "serious bodily injury" means bodily
	injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes
	serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of
	the function of any bodily member or organ.
	(c) Except as provided by Section 49.09, an offense under
	this section is:
	(1) a state jail felony if the actor causes bodily
	injury to another; or
	(2) a felony of the third degree if the actor causes
	serious bodily injury to another.
	SECTION 2. 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
	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 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, 2019.