AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the standard of alcohol concentration used in defining
 1-2     the term "intoxicated" for the purposes of certain offenses
 1-3     involving intoxication.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subdivision (2), Section 49.01, Penal Code, is
 1-6     amended to read 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.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-16     to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-17     An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
1-18     covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
1-19     the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
1-20     purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
1-21     effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
1-22     before the effective date.
1-23           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
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.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 114 passed the Senate on
         March 18, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 114 passed the House on
         May 11, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, one present
         not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor