Amend HB 1343 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following SECTION to the bill, appropriately numbered, and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 545.401, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (e), (f),
(g), and (h) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [An] offense
under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine not to exceed $200;
(2) confinement in county jail for not more than 30
days; or
(3) both the fine and the confinement.
(e) If an offense under this section results in the serious
bodily injury or death of an operator or passenger of another motor
vehicle, the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
(f) The court may:
(1) order that the driver's license of a person
convicted of an offense under Subsection (e) be suspended for not
less than 30 days beginning on the date of conviction; and
(2) require the person to attend and present proof
that the person successfully completed a driving safety course
approved under Chapter 1001, Education Code, before the person's
driver's license may be reinstated.
(g) A judge, acting under Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, who elects to place a defendant on community supervision
under that article may require the defendant to attend and present
proof that the defendant successfully completed a driving safety
course approved under Chapter 1001, Education Code.
(h) A person who is subject to prosecution under both this
section and another section of this or any other code may be
prosecuted under either or both sections.