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By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 660


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the penalty for certain speeding offenses.                        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 545.366 to read as follows:
	Sec. 545.366.  PENALTY:  EXCEEDING SPEED LIMIT BY 25 MILES 
PER HOUR OR MORE.  A person who commits an offense under this 
subtitle by exceeding an applicable maximum speed limit by 25 miles 
per hour or more shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 or 
more than $500.  Notwithstanding Section 542.402(a), a municipality 
or county, at the end of the municipality's or county's fiscal year, 
shall send to the comptroller for deposit in the state treasury an 
amount equal to $200 for each fine collected by the municipality or 
county for violations to which this section applies.  Money 
deposited under this section may be used only to carry out the 
traffic safety program established under Chapter 723.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed 
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense 
occurs before that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.