Bill Text: TX HB898 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB898 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB898-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 898 |
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relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway; | ||
increasing a criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.157, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
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commits an offense. An offense under this section is[ |
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than $500 or more than $1,250, except that the offense is: | ||
(1) a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than | ||
$1,000 or more than $2,000 for a second or subsequent offense | ||
committed within five years of the date on which the most recent | ||
preceding offense was committed; | ||
(2) a Class A misdemeanor if the offense [ |
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in bodily injury to another; or | ||
(3) a state jail felony for a second or subsequent | ||
offense punishable under Subdivision (2). | ||
(d-1) If it is shown on the trial of the offense that the | ||
person has previously been convicted of an offense under this | ||
section, on conviction the court may order the person's driver's | ||
license to be suspended for a period not to exceed six months. | ||
(d-2) The court may require a defendant who fails to pay a | ||
previously assessed fine or costs under this section, or who is | ||
determined by the court to have insufficient resources or income to | ||
pay a fine or costs under this section, to discharge all or part of | ||
the fine or costs assessed under this section by performing | ||
community service. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 898 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 9, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 898 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |