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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license or |
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financial responsibility; creating a penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.025(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A person who violates this section commits an offense. |
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An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a |
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fine not to exceed $200, except that: |
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(1) for a second conviction within one year after the |
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date of the first conviction, the offense is a misdemeanor |
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punishable by a fine of not less than $25 or more than $200; [and] |
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(2) for a third or subsequent conviction within one |
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year after the date of the second conviction the offense is a |
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misdemeanor punishable by: |
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(A) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $500; |
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(B) confinement in the county jail for not less |
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than 72 hours or more than six months; or |
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(C) both the fine and confinement; and |
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(3) if it is shown on the trial of the offense that at |
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the time of the offense the person was operating the motor vehicle |
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in violation of Section 601.191 and caused or was at fault in a |
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motor vehicle accident that resulted in serious bodily injury to or |
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the death of another person, an offense under this section is a |
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Class A misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |