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By Hochberg H.B. No. 133
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the standard of alcohol concentration used in defining
1-3 the offense of driving while intoxicated.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 49.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (2) "Intoxicated" means:
1-8 (A) not having the normal use of mental or
1-9 physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a
1-10 controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of
1-11 two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the
1-12 body; or
1-13 (B) having an alcohol concentration of 0.08
1-14 [0.10] or more.
1-15 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-16 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-17 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before
1-18 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
1-19 occurred before the effective date.
1-20 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-21 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-22 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-24 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.