BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 192 |
By: Dutton |
Criminal Jurisprudence |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Observers note that the penalty for certain intoxication offenses, including driving while intoxicated, is subject to enhancement if the person has previously been convicted of such an offense. C.S.H.B. 192 seeks to limit the prior convictions that may be considered for purposes of penalty enhancement for such offenses.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 192 amends the Penal Code to prohibit the use of a conviction of certain intoxication offenses for purposes of enhancing the penalty for such an offense if the conviction was for driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated with a child passenger, flying while intoxicated, boating while intoxicated, or assembling or operating an amusement ride while intoxicated that was committed more than 10 years before the date on which the offense for which the person is being tried was committed.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 192 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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