89th Legislature, Regular Session
SB 1279
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of avoiding certain law enforcement checkpoints or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties.
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89R3284 JRR-F By: Parker S.B. No. 1279 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses committed in the course of or for the purpose of avoiding certain law enforcement checkpoints or evading an arrest or detention; increasing criminal penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 3.03(d)(1), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (d)(1) This subsection applies only to a single criminal action in which the accused is found guilty of: