Bill Text: TX HB372 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB372 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB372-Introduced.html
| 86R1359 JRR-F | ||
| By: Allen | H.B. No. 372 | |
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| relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license | ||
| invalid. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.457(e), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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| (f-2), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 521.457(f), Transportation Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
