Bill Text: TX SB1432 | 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.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1432 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1432-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1432 |
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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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subchapter or 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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1432 passed the Senate on | ||
April 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1432 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 1, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |