Bill Text: TX SB1608 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license or financial responsibility; creating a penalty.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1608 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1608-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license or financial responsibility; creating a penalty.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1608 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1608-Engrossed.html
By: Carona | S.B. No. 1608 |
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relating to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license or | ||
financial responsibility; creating a penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 521.025, Transportation | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. | ||
An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a | ||
fine not to exceed $200, except that: | ||
(1) for a second conviction within one year after the | ||
date of the first conviction, the offense is a misdemeanor | ||
punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200; [ |
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(2) for a third or subsequent conviction within one | ||
year after the date of the second conviction the offense is a | ||
misdemeanor punishable by: | ||
(A) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $500; | ||
(B) confinement in the county jail for not less | ||
than 72 hours or more than six months; or | ||
(C) both the fine and confinement; and | ||
(3) if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at | ||
the time of the offense the person was operating the motor vehicle | ||
in violation of Section 601.191 and caused or was at fault in a | ||
motor vehicle accident that resulted in serious bodily injury to or | ||
the death of another person, an offense under this section is a | ||
Class A misdemeanor. | ||
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, 2011. |