By:  Talton (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)                           H.B. No. 1484
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2005; 
May 13, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 
Justice; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the penalty for failing to perform certain duties 
following a vehicle accident.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 550.022, Transportation Code, is amended 
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as 
follows:
	(c)  A person commits an offense if the person does not stop 
or does not comply with the requirements of Subsection (a) [this 
section].  An offense under this subsection [section] is:
		(1)  a Class C misdemeanor, if the damage to all 
vehicles is less than $200; or
		(2)  a Class B misdemeanor, if the damage to all 
vehicles is $200 or more.  
	(c-1)  A person commits an offense if the person does not 
comply with the requirements of Subsection (b).  An offense under 
this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor.
	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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