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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for traffic offenses committed in a |
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construction or maintenance work zone. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter O, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 521.352 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.352. SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES IN |
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CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE WORK ZONE. (a) A person's driver's |
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license is automatically suspended on final conviction of an |
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offense under Subtitle C if it is shown at trial that: |
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(1) the offense is committed in a construction or |
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maintenance work zone when workers are present and any written |
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notice to appear issued for the offense states on its face that |
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workers were present when the offense was committed; and |
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(2) within the preceding five years of the date on |
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which the offense was committed, the person has been convicted two |
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or more times of an offense under Subtitle C that was committed in a |
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construction or maintenance work zone. |
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(b) The period of suspension shall be for the period set by |
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the court of not less than 30 days or more than 90 days. If the |
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court does not set the period, the department shall suspend the |
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license for 90 days. |
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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, 2013. |