By Puente                                               H.B. No. 56
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                                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.