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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the penalty for operation of a motor vehicle in |
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violation of financial responsibility requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 601.191(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection [Subsections] (c) [and
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(d)], an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor |
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[punishable by a fine of not less than $175 or more than $350]. |
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(c) If it is shown on trial of an offense under this section |
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that the defendant [a person] has been previously convicted of an |
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offense under this section or that the defendant was operating a |
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motor vehicle in violation of Section 601.051 at the time the |
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defendant caused a motor vehicle accident, an offense under this |
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section is a Class B misdemeanor [punishable by a fine of not less
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than $350 or more than $1,000]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 601.195(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor |
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punishable by: |
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(1) a fine not to exceed $2,000 [$500]; |
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(2) confinement in county jail for a term not to exceed |
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six months; or |
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(3) both the fine and the confinement. |
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SECTION 3. Section 601.191(d), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. (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 the purposes of this section, an offense is committed |
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before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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occurs before that date. |
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(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |