By Van de Putte                                        S.B. No. 977
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to creation of the offense of driving in an aggressive
 1-3     manner.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 545.4011 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 545.4011.  AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. (a)  A person commits an
 1-8     offense if the person:
 1-9                 (1)  drives a vehicle in a manner in violation of law
1-10     with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm an occupant of another
1-11     vehicle;
1-12                 (2)  while driving a vehicle, displays to an occupant
1-13     of another vehicle what reasonably appears to be a deadly weapon,
1-14     as defined by Section 1.07(a)(17)(A), Penal Code, with intent to
1-15     harass, annoy, or alarm the other person; or
1-16                 (3)  intentionally causes the person's vehicle to
1-17     collide with another vehicle with intent to harass, annoy, or alarm
1-18     an occupant of the other vehicle.
1-19           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under
1-20     this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
1-21           (c)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the
1-22     second degree if the offense results in serious bodily injury or
1-23     death.
1-24           (d)  Notwithstanding Section 542.001, this section applies
 2-1     to:
 2-2                 (1)  a private access way or parking area provided for
 2-3     a client or patron by a business, other than a private residential
 2-4     property or the property of a garage or parking lot for which a
 2-5     charge is made for the storing or parking of motor vehicles; and
 2-6                 (2)  a highway or other public place.
 2-7           (e)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section
 2-8     also constitutes an offense under another section of this code or
 2-9     the Penal Code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or
2-10     under both sections.
2-11           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.