1-1     By:  Ogden                                             S.B. No. 268
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 17, 2001; January 22, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     March 12, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 4,
 1-5     Nays 2; March 12, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the penalty for certain speeding offenses.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
1-11     is amended by adding Section 545.366 to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 545.366.  PENALTY:  EXCEEDING SPEED LIMIT BY 25 MILES
1-13     PER HOUR OR MORE.  A person who commits an offense under this
1-14     subtitle by exceeding an applicable maximum speed limit by 25 miles
1-15     per hour or more shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200
1-16     or more than $500.
1-17           SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-18     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-19     Act.  For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed
1-20     before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
1-21     occurs before that date.
1-22           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-23     Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was
1-24     committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-25     purpose.
1-26           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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