TO: | Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB3523 by Lewis (Relating to punishment for the offense of driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license.), As Engrossed |
The bill would amend Transportation Code to elevate the punishment for operating a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license from a Class C misdemeanor to a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or a Class B misdemeanor in the event that the offender had been convicted of the same offense within the previous year.
A Class C misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $500. A Class B misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both.
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LBB Staff: | UP, AG, ESi, KKR
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