78R4183 JD-D
By: Smith of Tarrant H.B. No. 744
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment prescribed for certain repeat
intoxication offenders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49.09(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) For the purposes of this section, a conviction for an
offense under Article 6701l-1, Revised Statutes, as that law
existed before September 1, 1994, Article 6701l-2, Revised
Statutes, as that law existed before January 1, 1984, Section
19.05(a)(2), as that law existed before September 1, 1994, or
Section 49.04, 49.05, 49.06, 49.065, 49.07, or 49.08 [that occurs
on or after September 1, 1994,] is a final conviction, whether the
sentence for the conviction is imposed or probated.
SECTION 2. Sections 49.09(e) and (f), Penal Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to the
penalty for an offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code, that is
committed on or after September 1, 2003. The penalty for an offense
under Chapter 49, Penal Code, that was committed before September
1, 2003, is covered by the law in effect when the offense was
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. For purposes of this subsection, an offense was committed
before September 1, 2003, if any element of the offense was
committed before that date.