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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the offense of driving while license invalid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 521.457(e) and (f-1), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsections [(f),] (f-1)[,] and |
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(f-2), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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(f-1) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this |
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section that at the time of the offense, the license of the person |
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was [has previously been] suspended as the result of an offense |
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involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, the |
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offense is a Class B misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.457(f), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |