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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the penalty for failure to yield the right-of-way. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.153, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this |
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section that as a result of the commission of the offense: |
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(1) a collision causing property damage occurred, the |
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offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than |
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$4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or |
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both the fine and the confinement; or |
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(2) a collision causing serious bodily injury or death |
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occurred, the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not |
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more than $4,000 and confinement in jail for not less than 30 days |
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and not more than one year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 11, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: |
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(m) A judge granting community supervision to a defendant |
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convicted of an offense under Section 545.153, Transportation Code, |
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shall require as a condition of community supervision that the |
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defendant submit to not less than 30 days of confinement in jail if |
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the offense resulted in serious bodily injury or death. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before |
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the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs |
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before that date. |
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(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |