Bill Text: TX SB1709 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-15 - Left pending in committee [SB1709 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1709-Introduced.html
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By: Huffman | S.B. No. 1709 |
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relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier | ||
safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 644.151(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a [ |
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punishable by a fine of not less than $150 or more than $500. | ||
SECTION 2. An offense under Section 644.151, Transportation | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, committed before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect when 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |