Bill Title: As enacted, increases penalty for violation of the Financial Responsibility law from a Class C misdemeanor punishable only by a fine of up to $100 to a Class A misdemeanor punishable by up to 11 months and 29 days in jail and a fine of up to $2,500 when the offender was at fault for the accident resulting in bodily injury or death. - Amends TCA Title 40; Title 55, Chapter 10 and Title 55, Chapter 12.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-31 - Pub. Ch. 479 [SB0251 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Mark Green [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Pitts [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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