Bill Text: TX HB384 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the proper identification of boats and outboard motors; creating an offense.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB384 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB384-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 384 |
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relating to the proper identification of boats and outboard motors; | ||
creating an offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.033, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) No person may display on a vessel a registration decal | ||
that is altered, fraudulent, or issued under a certificate of | ||
number assigned to another vessel. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 31.043, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) No person may intentionally sell, offer to sell, or | ||
purchase a vessel with a hull identification number, or an outboard | ||
motor with a serial number, that has been altered, defaced, | ||
mutilated, or removed. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 31.127(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A person who violates Section 31.043(c) or 31.096 [ |
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Code misdemeanor. A person who violates Section 31.043(c-1) | ||
commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code | ||
misdemeanor. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 384 was passed by the House on April | ||
21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 384 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |