By Solomons                                            H.B. No. 677

                     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 677:

         By Staples                                         C.S.H.B. No. 677

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the punishment for certain persons who sell,

 1-3     manufacture, distribute, or possess a document that is deceptively

 1-4     similar to a driver's license.

 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 521.453, Transportation Code, is amended

 1-7     by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

 1-8           (g)  In addition to the punishment provided by Subsection

 1-9     (d), a court may order a person younger than 21 years of age who

1-10     commits a first offense under this section to perform eight hours

1-11     of community service if the court is located in a municipality or

1-12     county that has established a community service program.  If the

1-13     person ordered to perform community service under this subsection

1-14     is younger than 17 years of age, the community service shall be

1-15     performed as if ordered by a juvenile court under Section

1-16     54.044(a), Family Code, as a condition of probation under Section

1-17     54.04(d), Family Code.

1-18           SECTION 2.  Section 54.044, Family Code, is amended by adding

1-19     Subsection (i) to read as follows:

1-20           (i)  In a disposition hearing under Section 54.04 in which

1-21     the court finds that a child engaged in behavior violating Section

1-22     521.453, Transportation Code, as a first offense, the court may, in

1-23     addition to any other order authorized under this title, order the

1-24     child to perform eight hours of community service as a condition of

1-25     probation under Section 54.04(d) if the court is located in a

1-26     municipality or county that has established a community service

1-27     program.

1-28           SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies

1-29     only to an offense committed or, for purposes of Title 3, Family

1-30     Code, to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this

1-31     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed on or

 2-1     after the effective date of this Act if every element of the

 2-2     offense occurs on or after that date and conduct violating a penal

 2-3     law of the state occurs on or after the effective date of this Act

 2-4     if every element of the violation occurs on or after that date.

 2-5           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this

 2-6     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,

 2-7     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

 2-8     Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this Act is

 2-9     covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct occurred, and

2-10     the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

2-11           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-12           SECTION 5.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-13     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-14     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-15     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-16     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.