Bill Text: TX HB2649 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for violating certain rules or permit terms under a permit to trap, transport, and transplant certain animals.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2649 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2649-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2649 | ||
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| relating to the punishment for violating certain rules or permit | ||
| terms under a permit to trap, transport, and transplant certain | ||
| animals. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.062, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.062. PENALTY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection | ||
| (b), a [ |
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| the terms of a permit issued under this subchapter commits an | ||
| offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. | ||
| (b) A person commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and | ||
| Wildlife Code misdemeanor if the person violates: | ||
| (1) a rule relating to a reporting requirement for a | ||
| permit issued under this subchapter; or | ||
| (2) a term of a permit issued under this subchapter | ||
| that relates to a reporting requirement. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 covered | ||
| by the law in effect when 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 was committed before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2649 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2649 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
