82R521 TRH-F
 
  By: Wentworth S.B. No. 182
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the penalty for the offense of reckless driving.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 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 2.  The change in law made by this Act 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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.