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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