By Oakley H.B. No. 1115 75R3639 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the denial of renewal of a driver's license for failure 1-3 to appear for certain offenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1(5), Article 6687d, Revised Statutes, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 (5) "Traffic law" means: 1-8 (A) a statute or ordinance, a violation of which 1-9 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in an amount that may not 1-10 exceed $1,000, that regulates a driver's conduct, license status, 1-11 or condition while operating a motor vehicle, or the condition or 1-12 registration status of a motor vehicle while it is being operated, 1-13 in a public place or on a street, road, or highway of this state; 1-14 (B) Section 38.10, Penal Code, if the underlying 1-15 offense is punishable as described by Paragraph (A); or 1-16 (C) Section 543.009 or 543.107(b), 1-17 Transportation Code. 1-18 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-19 to the denial of a renewal of a driver's license under Article 1-20 6687d, Revised Statutes, for an offense that occurs on or after the 1-21 effective date of this Act. The denial of a renewal of a driver's 1-22 license under Article 6687d, Revised Statutes, for an offense that 1-23 occurred before the effective date of this Act is covered by the 1-24 law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is 2-1 continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this 2-2 section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this 2-3 Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date. 2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-5 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.