Bill Text: TX SB838 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the penalty for driving while intoxicated.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-20 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB838 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB838-Engrossed.html
| By: Patrick | S.B. No. 838 | |
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| relating to the penalty for driving while intoxicated. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 49.04, Penal Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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| (d) and Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B | ||
| misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours. | ||
| (d) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this | ||
| section that an analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, | ||
| breath, or urine showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.15 or | ||
| more at the time the analysis was performed, the offense 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 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 was | ||
| committed before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
