By:  McCall (Senate Sponsor - Carona)                             H.B. No. 699
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 21, 2005; 
March 30, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Criminal Justice; May 18, 2005, reported favorably by the 
following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 18, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to prosecution and punishment of certain offenses relating 
to a driver's license or personal identification certificate.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.451, Transportation Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 
follows:
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A [B] 
misdemeanor.
	(c)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under Subsection 
(a) also constitutes an offense under Section 106.07, Alcoholic 
Beverage Code, the actor may be prosecuted only under Section 
106.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
	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, 2005.                           



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