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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of passing a |
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school bus; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.066, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor |
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punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $1,250, |
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except that the offense is: |
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(1) a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than |
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$1,000 or more than $2,000 if the person is convicted of a second or |
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subsequent offense under this section committed within five years |
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of the date on which the most recent preceding offense was |
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committed; or |
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(2) a felony of the |
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third degree [Class A misdemeanor] |
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if the person causes serious bodily injury to another[; or
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[(3) a state jail felony if the person has been
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previously convicted under Subdivision (2)]. |
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(g) If conduct constituting an offense under this section |
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also constitutes an offense under another provision of law, the |
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person may be prosecuted under either this section or the other |
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provision. |
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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. |