Bill Text: TX HB509 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the penalty for the offense of reckless driving.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-17 - Referred to Transportation [HB509 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB509-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 509 |
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relating to the penalty for the offense of reckless driving. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.401(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor | ||
punishable by: | ||
(1) a fine not to exceed $500 [ |
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(2) confinement in county jail for not more than 30 | ||
days; or | ||
(3) both the fine and the confinement. | ||
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 was committed before that | ||
date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |