By Solomons                                      H.B. No. 677

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                                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.