Bill Text: TX HB3199 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of requirements and penalties related to the grading of roses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB3199 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3199-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Cain (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3199
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2011;
May 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Rural Affairs; May 20, 2011, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of requirements and penalties related to the
grading of roses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 5, Agriculture Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 2. Section 12.020(c), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The provisions of law subject to this section and the
applicable penalty amounts are as follows:
Provision Amount of Penalty
[Chapter 41 not more than $5,000]
Chapters 13, 14A, 18, 19, 41, 46, 61, 94, 95, 101, 102, 103, [] 125, 132,
Chapters 13, 14A, 18, 46, 61, 72, 73, 74, 76, 94, 95, 101, 102, 103, [] 125, 132,
Chapters 13, 14A, 18, 46, 61, 94, 95, 101, 102, 103, [121,] 125, 132,
and 134 not more than $5,000
[Subchapter B, Chapter 71
[Chapter 19
[Chapter 76 not more than $5,000]
Subchapters A, B, and C, Chapter 71
[Chapters 72, 73, and 74] not more than $5,000
Chapter 14 not more than $10,000
Chapter 1951, Occupations Code not more than $5,000
Chapter 153, Natural Resources
Code not more than $5,000.
SECTION 3. The repeal by this Act of Chapter 121,
Agriculture Code, does not apply to an offense committed under that
chapter before the effective date of the repeal. An offense
committed before the effective date of the repeal is governed by
that chapter as it existed 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 the repeal if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. 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, 2011.
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