Bill Text: TX HB769 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB769 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB769-Comm_Sub.html
88R2999 JRR-F | ||
By: Allen, Garcia, et al. | H.B. No. 769 |
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relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license | ||
invalid. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.457(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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(f-2), an offense under this section is a Class C 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repealed.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, 2023. |