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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain boating |
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while intoxicated offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 49.06, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section 49.09, |
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an offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, with a |
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minimum term of confinement of 72 hours. |
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(c) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this |
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section that an analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, |
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breath, or urine showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.15 or |
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more at the time the analysis was performed, the offense is a Class |
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A misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |