By: Carona S.B. No. 650
99S0492/1
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the definition of intoxicated for purposes of certain
1-2 offenses involving intoxication.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Section 49.01, Penal Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 (2) "Intoxicated" means:
1-7 (A) not having the normal use of mental or
1-8 physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a
1-9 controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of
1-10 two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the
1-11 body; or
1-12 (B) having an alcohol concentration of 0.08
1-13 [0.10] or more.
1-14 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-15 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-16 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-17 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-18 before that date.
1-19 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-20 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-21 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.