Bill Text: TX HB2258 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring installation of an ignition interlock device as a condition of release on bond for the offense of driving while intoxicated with a child passenger.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB2258 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2258-Introduced.html
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By: Smith | H.B. No. 2258 |
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relating to requiring installation of an ignition interlock device | ||
as a condition of release on bond for the offense of driving while | ||
intoxicated with a child passenger. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 17.441(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a magistrate shall | ||
require on release that a defendant charged with a subsequent | ||
offense under Section 49.04, 49.05, or 49.06 [ |
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49.07, or 49.08 of that code: | ||
(1) have installed on the motor vehicle owned by the | ||
defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by the defendant, | ||
a device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make | ||
impractical the operation of a motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is | ||
detected in the breath of the operator; and | ||
(2) not operate any motor vehicle unless the vehicle | ||
is equipped with that device. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Article | ||
17.441, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a defendant released | ||
on bond on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of | ||
whether the offense for which the person was arrested occurred | ||
before, on, or after that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |