HBA-KDB H.B. 3100 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3100 By: Isett Transportation 4/27/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE There is concern that running red lights has become a considerable problem in this state. Under current law, $200 is the maximum fine a municipality may charge a person who runs a red light. There is no increased penalty for multiple offenders. If the offense is raised to a Class C misdemeanor, a municipality will have the authority to increase the penalties for such offenses. House Bill 3100 raises such an offense to a Class C misdemeanor and authorizes the court to suspend the license of a repeat offender. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 3100 amends the Transportation Code to provide that it is a Class C misdemeanor if an operator of a vehicle violates provisions relating to stopping at a steady red traffic-control signal. The bill authorizes the court to order that the driver's license of a person be suspended if the person is convicted of a second or subsequent offense of violating such provisions before the second anniversary of the date of the most recent previous offense of which the person was convicted. The bill provides that the period of suspension for a second offense is 30 days and for a subsequent offense is 30 days plus a number of days computed by multiplying 30 days by the number of subsequent offenses. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.