By Solomons H.B. No. 677 75R3281 JMC-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the punishment for a child who sells, manufactures, 1-3 distributes, or possesses a document that is deceptively similar to 1-4 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 shall order a person younger than 17 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. The 1-13 community service required under this subsection shall be performed 1-14 as if ordered by a juvenile court under Section 54.044(a), Family 1-15 Code, as a condition of probation under Section 54.04(d), Family 1-16 Code. 1-17 SECTION 2. Section 54.044, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-18 Subsection (i) to read as follows: 1-19 (i) In a disposition hearing under Section 54.04 in which 1-20 the court finds that a child engaged in behavior violating Section 1-21 521.453, Transportation Code, as a first offense, the court shall, 1-22 in addition to any other order authorized under this title, order 1-23 the child to perform eight hours of community service as a 1-24 condition of probation under Section 54.04(d) if the court is 2-1 located in a municipality or county that has established a 2-2 community service program. 2-3 SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 2-4 only to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this 2-5 Act. Conduct violating a penal law of the state occurs on or after 2-6 the effective date of this Act if every element of the violation 2-7 occurs on or after that date. 2-8 (b) Conduct that occurs before the effective date of this 2-9 Act is covered by the law in effect at the time the conduct 2-10 occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that 2-11 purpose. 2-12 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-13 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.