Bill Text: TX HB606 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for traffic offenses committed in a construction or maintenance work zone.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-28 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB606 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB606-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 606 | |
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| relating to the punishment for traffic offenses committed in a | ||
| construction or maintenance work zone. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter O, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.352 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.352. SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES IN | ||
| CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK ZONE. (a) A person's driver's | ||
| license is automatically suspended on final conviction of an | ||
| offense under Subtitle C if it is shown at trial that: | ||
| (1) the offense is committed in a construction or | ||
| maintenance work zone when workers are present and any written | ||
| notice to appear issued for the offense states on its face that | ||
| workers were present when the offense was committed; and | ||
| (2) within the preceding five years of the date on | ||
| which the offense was committed, the person has been convicted two | ||
| or more times of an offense under Subtitle C that was committed in a | ||
| construction or maintenance work zone. | ||
| (b) The period of suspension shall be for the period set by | ||
| the court of not less than 30 days or more than 90 days. If the | ||
| court does not set the period, the department shall suspend the | ||
| license for 90 days. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
