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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license |
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invalid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with |
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committing an offense under: |
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(1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that |
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section; |
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(1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that |
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section; |
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(2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; |
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(3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) of that section; |
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(4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; |
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(5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; |
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(5-a) Section 37.10, Penal Code, if the offense is for |
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tampering with a temporary tag issued under Chapter 502 or 503, |
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Transportation Code; or |
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(6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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punishable as a Class B misdemeanor [; or |
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[(7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.457(e), Transportation Code, is |
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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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SECTION 3. Section 521.457(f), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |