Bill Text: TX SB2813 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-07 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2813 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB2813-Introduced.html
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| By: Alvarado | S.B. No. 2813 | |
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| relating to criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter | ||
| removed from a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 31.21(b), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (b) A person is presumed to be authorized to possess a | ||
| catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle if | ||
| the person: | ||
| (1) is the owner, as defined by Section 601.002, | ||
| Transportation Code, of the vehicle from which the catalytic | ||
| converter was removed or is authorized by the vehicle owner to | ||
| possess the catalytic converter; or | ||
| (2) possesses the catalytic converter in the ordinary | ||
| course of the person's business, including in the ordinary course | ||
| of business of an entity described by Section 1956.123(1), | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter C-2 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C-2. RESTRICTION ON SALE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER REMOVED | ||
| FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TO CERTAIN PERSONS | ||
| Sec. 1956.130. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "motor | ||
| vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201, | ||
| Transportation Code. | ||
| Sec. 1956.131. APPLICABILITY. Notwithstanding any other | ||
| provision of this chapter, this subchapter applies to the sale by | ||
| any person, including a person described by Section 1956.002(1), of | ||
| a catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle to any other | ||
| person. | ||
| Sec. 1956.132. OFFENSE: SALE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER REMOVED | ||
| FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TO PERSON OTHER THAN METAL RECYCLING ENTITY. (a) | ||
| A person commits an offense if the person sells a catalytic | ||
| converter removed from a motor vehicle to a person who is not a | ||
| metal recycling entity registered under this chapter. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
| (c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
| also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be | ||
| prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
