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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to offenses involving leaving the scene of a motor vehicle |
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accident. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 550.021(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person does not [stop
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or does not] comply with the requirements of this section. An |
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offense under this section: |
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(1) involving an accident resulting in: |
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(A) death of a person is a felony of the second |
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degree; or |
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(B) serious bodily injury, as defined by Section |
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1.07, Penal Code, to a person is a felony of the third degree; and |
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(2) involving an accident resulting in injury to which |
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Subdivision (1) does not apply is punishable by: |
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(A) imprisonment in the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the |
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county jail for not more than one year; |
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(B) a fine not to exceed $5,000; or |
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(C) both the fine and the imprisonment or |
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confinement. |
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SECTION 2. Section 550.022(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person does not [stop
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or does not] comply with the requirements of Subsection (a). An |
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offense under this subsection is: |
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(1) a Class C misdemeanor, if the damage to all |
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vehicles is less than $200; or |
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(2) a Class B misdemeanor, if the damage to all |
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vehicles is $200 or more. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |