85R4687 AJZ-D     By: Wu H.B. No. 1443       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of a notice to appear for certain   misdemeanors.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 543.004(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  An officer shall issue a written notice to appear if:                (1)  the offense charged is:                      (A)  speeding;                      (B)  driving with an expired driver's license   under Section 521.025;                      (C)  failure to obey a traffic-control signal   under Section 544.007;                      (D)  failure to stop at a stop sign under Section   544.010;                      (E)  failure to signal a lane change under Section   545.104;                      (F)  operation of a motor vehicle in violation of   the motor vehicle liability insurance requirement under Section   601.191; or                      (G)  a violation of the open container law,   Section 49.031 [49.03], Penal Code; and                (2)  the person makes a written promise to appear in   court as provided by Section 543.005.          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, 2017.