85R21384 JRR-D     By: Phillips H.B. No. 644     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 644:     By:  Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 644       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier   safety regulation violations; creating a criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 644.151, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to   read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:                (1)  violates a rule adopted under this chapter; [or]                (2)  does not permit an inspection authorized under   Section 644.104; or                (3)  knowingly operates a commercial motor vehicle in   violation of an out-of-service order issued under 49 C.F.R. Section   385.13(d)(1) or owns, leases, or assigns a person to drive a   commercial motor vehicle that is knowingly operated in violation of   an out-of-service order issued under 49 C.F.R. Section   385.13(d)(1).          (b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1) or (2) [this section]   is a Class C misdemeanor.          (b-1)  An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class A   misdemeanor, except that the offense is:                (1)  a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of   the offense that at the time of the offense the commercial motor   vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle accident that resulted in   bodily injury; or                (2)  a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the   trial of the offense that at the time of the offense the commercial   motor vehicle was involved in a motor vehicle accident that   resulted in the death of a person.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.