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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for driving while intoxicated. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 708.102(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Each year the department may [shall] assess a surcharge |
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on the license of each person who during the preceding 36-month |
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period has been finally convicted of an offense relating to the |
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operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. |
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SECTION 2. Section 13, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a judge may require |
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as a condition of community supervision any period of confinement |
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or any treatment program. After a year and successful completion of |
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all parole conditions, a judge may reduce the level of the original |
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charge. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |