(1) In added Section 411.023(g), Government Code (page 1, lines 20-23), strike Subdivisions (4) and (5), and substitute the following:

(4) serve as part of two-officer units on patrol in high threat areas;

(5) provide assistance to the department during disasters; and

(6) investigate instances of reckless driving.

(2) In added Section 411.024(g), Government Code (page 2, lines 11-14), strike Subdivisions (4) and (5), and substitute the following:

(4) serve as part of two-officer units on patrol in high threat areas;

(5) provide assistance to the department during disasters; and

(6) investigate instances of reckless driving.

(3) Add the following SECTIONS to the amendment (page 2, after line 14):

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.

(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 charged with an offense under this section 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.

SECTION ____. The change in law made by this Act to Section 545.401, Transportation Code, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date.

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