Bill Text: TX HB3486 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an intermodal shipping container; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Transportation [HB3486 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3486-Introduced.html

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86R13379 TSS-D
By: Perez H.B. No. 3486

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the movement of certain vehicles transporting an
intermodal shipping container; increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 623.409(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B [C]
misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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
governed by the law in effect 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 this Act if any element of the offense was
committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.