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  H.B. No. 2027
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or
  transfer of secondhand watches.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 2.  An offense under Section 17.22, Business &
  Commerce Code, may not be prosecuted after the effective date of
  this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a criminal action is
  pending for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce
  Code, the action is dismissed on that date. However, a final
  conviction for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce
  Code, that exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected by
  this Act.
         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, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2027 was passed by the House on April
  20, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2027 was passed by the Senate on May
  12, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor