Bill Text: TX SB1117 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of failure to comply with an order from a fire marshal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-20 - Referred to County Affairs [SB1117 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1117-Engrossed.html
By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1117 |
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relating to the offense of failure to comply with an order from a | ||
fire marshal. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 352.022, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 352.022. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER. | ||
(a) A person [ |
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issued under Section 352.016 commits an offense if that person | ||
fails to comply with the order. Each refusal to comply is a | ||
separate offense. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), an [ |
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offense under this section is a Class C [ |
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(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor | ||
if the commission of the offense results in: | ||
(1) property damage in an amount of $200 or more; or | ||
(2) bodily injury or death. | ||
(d) If [ |
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the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times under | ||
this section, [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 352.022, Local Government Code, as | ||
amended 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, 2017. |