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SB 25 Trains; unlawful to board or ride with fraudulent or counterfeit ticket, penalty.
Introduced by: Linda T. Puller | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Using transportation district trains without a valid ticket. Rewrites the code section that punishes unlawfully riding on a transportation district train. The bill punishes failure or refusal to pay the posted fare, or failure to properly validate a train ticket, as a $100 civil penalty. The bill punishes use of a validated ticket outside of the zone of the ticketed ride as a $100 civil penalty. The bill punishes use of a fraudulent or counterfeit ticket as a Class 2 misdemeanor. The bill limits the amount of recoverable costs to the same amount as the maximum fine.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100274D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104779D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/26/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105566D-H1 pdf
- 03/12/10 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB25ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0445) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/04/10 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100274D
- 01/04/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/14/10 Senate: Rereferred from Transportation (13-Y 0-N)
- 01/14/10 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/18/10 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/01/10 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/10 Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104779D-S1
- 02/02/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/10 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/10 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/10 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104779D-S1
- 02/03/10 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB25S1
- 02/04/10 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/16/10 House: Read first time
- 02/16/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/17/10 House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
- 02/22/10 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10105566D-H1
- 03/02/10 House: Read second time
- 03/03/10 House: Read third time
- 03/03/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105566D-H1
- 03/03/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB25H1
- 03/03/10 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/10 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/10 Senate: Title replaced 10105566D-H1
- 03/12/10 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/12/10 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB25ER)
- 03/12/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 445 (effective 7/1/10)
- 04/11/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0445)