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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards |
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in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 397.011, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 397.011. LOCATION OF YARD. (a) Except as otherwise |
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provided by this subsection and Subsection (b), an automotive |
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wrecking and salvage yard may not be established within 600 [300] |
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feet of an existing church, school, or residence. A yard may be |
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established within 600 feet of a residence if the same person owns |
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the residence and the yard. |
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(b) An automotive wrecking and salvage yard that is |
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established on or after September 1, 1983, and before September 1, |
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2013, may not be established within 300 feet of an existing church, |
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school, or residence except that a yard may be established within |
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300 feet of a residence if the same person owns the residence and |
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the yard. |
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(c) Distance [The distance] is measured under this section |
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beginning at the wall of the church, school, or residence that is |
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closest to the yard and ending at the fence required by this |
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chapter. |
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[(b)
An automotive wrecking and salvage yard may be
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established within 300 feet of a residence if the same person owns
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the residence and the yard.] |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 248 was passed by the House on April |
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11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 248 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 5, 3 |
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present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 248 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |