Bill Text: TX HB115 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to identification numbers on vessels.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB115-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 115 |
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relating to identification numbers on vessels. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.021(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) No person may operate or give permission for the | ||
operation of any vessel or may dock, moor, or store a vessel owned | ||
by the person on the water of this state unless: | ||
(1) the vessel is numbered as required by this | ||
chapter; | ||
(2) the certificate of number awarded to the vessel is | ||
in full force and effect; and | ||
(3) the identifying number set forth in the | ||
certificate is properly displayed on [ |
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vessel as required by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 31.032, Parks and | ||
Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.032. NUMBERING LOCATION AND VISIBILITY; EXEMPTION; | ||
DECAL [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 31.032, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection | ||
(a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The owner of a vessel shall paint on or attach to each | ||
side of the forward half of the vessel [ |
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identification number and a registration [ |
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manner prescribed by the department. The number shall read from | ||
left to right and shall be of block characters of good proportion of | ||
not less than three inches in height. The numbers shall be of a | ||
color which will contrast with the hull material of the vessel and | ||
so maintained as to be clearly visible and legible. | ||
(a-1) On a vessel configured so that a number on the hull or | ||
superstructure is not easily visible, the number must be painted on | ||
or attached to a backing plate that is attached to the forward half | ||
of the vessel so that the number is visible from each side of the | ||
vessel. | ||
(c) The commission shall adopt rules for the placement of | ||
the registration [ |
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antique boats. In this subsection, "antique boat" means a boat | ||
that: | ||
(1) is used primarily for recreational purposes; and | ||
(2) was manufactured 35 or more years before the date | ||
the registration [ |
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SECTION 4. Sections 31.033(a) and (b), Parks and Wildlife | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) No person may paint, attach, or otherwise display on the | ||
forward half [ |
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than the number awarded to the vessel or granted reciprocity under | ||
this chapter. | ||
(b) No person may deface or alter the certificate of number | ||
or the number assigned to and appearing on [ |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 115 was passed by the House on April | ||
3, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 115 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |