By Puente H.B. No. 56 77R353 JMG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the penalty for speeding in a school zone. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 542, Transportation Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 542.405 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 542.405. FINE FOR OFFENSE IN SCHOOL CROSSING ZONE. If 1-7 an offense under Subchapter H, Chapter 545, is committed in a 1-8 school crossing zone when a reduced speed limit applies: 1-9 (1) the minimum fine applicable to the offense is 1-10 twice the minimum fine that would be applicable to the offense if 1-11 it were committed outside a school crossing zone; and 1-12 (2) the maximum fine applicable to the offense is 1-13 twice the maximum fine that would be applicable to the offense if 1-14 it were committed outside a school crossing zone. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-16 applies only to an offense committed on or after that date.