By Smithee H.B. No. 1563 77R5781 E A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the theft of motor fuel from a retail store; providing 1-3 penalties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Section 31.15 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 31.15. THEFT OF MOTOR FUEL FROM RETAIL STORE. (a) Any 1-8 person who leaves the premises of a retail store at which motor 1-9 fuel offered for retail sale was dispensed into the fuel tank of a 1-10 motor vehicle by driving away in that motor vehicle without having 1-11 made due payment or authorized charge for the motor fuel so 1-12 dispensed, with intent to defraud the retail establishment, shall 1-13 be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. 1-14 (b) On any second or subsequent such offense, the driver's 1-15 license of the person shall be suspended as follows. The person 1-16 shall submit the driver's license to the court on conviction and 1-17 the court shall forward the driver's license to the Department of 1-18 Public Safety. 1-19 (c) The first suspension of a driver's license under 1-20 Subsection (b) shall be for a period of six months. A second or 1-21 subsequent suspension of a driver's license under Subsection (b) 1-22 shall be for a period of one year. 1-23 (d) At the expiration of the suspension period, and on 1-24 payment of a restoration fee of $25, the suspension shall terminate 2-1 and the Department of Public Safety shall return the driver's 2-2 license to the person.