TO: | Honorable Joe Driver, Chair, House Committee on Law Enforcement |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB489 by Berman (Relating to the duty of a passenger involved in certain accidents to render aid; providing a criminal penalty.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Transportation Code by making the failure of rendering aid under certain circumstances punishable by imprisonment in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for not more than five years or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year; a fine not to exceed $5,000; or both the fine and the imprisonment or confinement.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, GG
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