78R3700 JD-D

By:  Pitts                                                        H.B. No. 1311



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to employer responsibilities under the Texas Commercial 
Driver's License Act; providing a penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 522.072, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  An employer commits an offense if the employer  
violates Subsection (a) or (b).  An offense under this subsection is 
a Class A misdemeanor.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.