By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1888

(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 22, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1888 By: Taylor of Collin

COMMITTEE VOTE

YeaNayAbsentPNV

NicholsX

HuffinesX

EllisX

FraserX

GarciaX

HallX

HancockX

KolkhorstX

TaylorofCollinX

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to punishment for the offense of driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver's license; increasing a penalty.

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

SECTION 1. Section 522.011(c), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) An offense under this section is a [Class C] misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $500, except that the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant was convicted of an offense under this section in the year preceding the date of the offense that is the subject of the trial.

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 governed by the law in effect on the date 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 occurred before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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