By:  Hunter                                                       H.B. No. 514



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the penalty for failure to yield the right-of-way.                
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 545.153, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this 
section that as a result of the commission of the offense:
		(1)  a collision causing property damage occurred, the 
offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than 
$4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or 
both the fine and the confinement; or
		(2)  a collision causing serious bodily injury or death 
occurred, the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not 
more than $4,000 and confinement in jail for not less than 30 days 
and not more than one year.
	Section 2.  Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal 
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:
	(n)  A judge granting community supervision to a defendant 
convicted of an offense under Section 545.153, Transportation Code, 
shall require as a condition of community supervision that the 
defendant submit to not less than 30 days of confinement in jail if 
the offense resulted in serious bodily injury or death.
	SECTION 3.  (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 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 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.