Bill Text: TX SB1709 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-15 - Left pending in committee [SB1709 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1709-Introduced.html

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84R11977 JRR-D
By: Huffman S.B. No. 1709

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier
safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 644.151(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a [Class C] misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not less than $150 or more than $500.
SECTION 2. An offense under Section 644.151, Transportation
Code, as amended by this Act, committed before the effective date of
this Act is governed 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
occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.