Bill Text: TX SB663 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 663 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB663 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB663-Introduced.html

	86R1359 JRR-F

	By: Menéndez	S.B. No. 663



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 [~~(f),~~] (f-1)[,] and
	(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	repealed.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, 2019.