By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 1097

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; April 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 14, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1097 By: Hancock

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of a fine for certain traffic offenses committed in a construction or maintenance work zone.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 542.404, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if [If] an offense under this subtitle, other than an offense under Chapter 548 or 552 or Section 545.412 or 545.413, is committed in a construction or maintenance work zone when workers are present and any written notice to appear issued for the offense states on its face that workers were present when the offense was committed:

(1) the minimum fine applicable to the offense is twice the minimum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it were committed outside a construction or maintenance work zone; and

(2) the maximum fine applicable to the offense is twice the maximum fine that would be applicable to the offense if it were committed outside a construction or maintenance work zone.

(c) The fine prescribed by Subsection (a) applies to a violation of a prima facie speed limit authorized by Subchapter H, Chapter 545, only if the construction or maintenance work zone is marked by a sign indicating the applicable maximum lawful speed.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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