By Morrison H.B. No. 1698
77R6907 YDB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the enhancement of penalties for certain intoxication
1-3 offenses.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 49.04, Penal Code, is amended by amending
1-6 Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-7 (b) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (c) and
1-8 (d) and Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B
1-9 misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours.
1-10 (d) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this
1-11 section that at the time of the offense the person was operating
1-12 the motor vehicle in a school crossing zone, as defined by Section
1-13 541.302, Transportation Code, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor,
1-14 with a minimum term of confinement of 30 days.
1-15 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-16 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-17 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-18 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-19 before that date.
1-20 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-21 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-22 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.