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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing |
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zone while intoxicated; 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 49.04, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c), [and] (d), and |
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(e) and Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B |
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misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours. |
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(e) 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 person was operating the |
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motor vehicle in a school crossing zone during the time the reduced |
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speed limit applies to the zone, the offense is a state jail felony. |
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In this subsection, "school crossing zone" has the meaning assigned |
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by Section 541.302, Transportation Code. |
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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, 2025. |