PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY OFFENSE RESULTING IN COLLISION.
Tex. TRANSP Code § 542.4045.
in effectIf it is shown on the trial of an offense under this subtitle in which an element is the failure by the operator of a vehicle to yield the right-of-way to another vehicle that a collision resulted from the operator's failure to yield the right-of-way:
(1) the offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $500 or more than $2,000, if a person other than the operator of the vehicle suffered bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07 , Penal Code, in the collision; and
(2) the offense is punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or more than $4,000, if a person other than the operator of the vehicle suffered serious bodily injury, as defined by Section 1.07 , Penal Code, in the collision.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (S.B. 1967 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2009.
SUBCHAPTER E. MISCELLANEOUS