Bill Text: TX SB1777 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and Insurance Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Left pending in committee [SB1777 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1777-Introduced.html
85R4284 JAM-F | ||
By: Garcia | S.B. No. 1777 |
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relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation | ||
of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and | ||
Insurance Act. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.3221(a), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this | ||
subchapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a violation committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
A violation committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the violation was | ||
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. For purposes of this section, a violation was committed | ||
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the | ||
violation occurred before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |