By Morrison                                           H.B. No. 1698
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                                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.