89R8227 RDR-D     By: Parker S.B. No. 826       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing   zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 49.04, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as   follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c), [and] (d), and   (e) and Section 49.09, an offense under this section is a Class B   misdemeanor, with a minimum term of confinement of 72 hours.          (e)  If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this   section that at the time of the offense the person was operating the   motor vehicle in a school crossing zone during the time the reduced   speed limit applies to the zone, the offense is a state jail felony.     In this subsection, "school crossing zone" has the meaning assigned   by Section 541.302, Transportation Code.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date 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, 2025.