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AN ACT
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relating to certain offenses relating to disturbing or taking marl, |
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sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell or disturbing oyster beds or |
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fishing waters; increasing the criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.022, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 86.022. PENALTY. (a) A person who violates Section |
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86.002 [or 86.018] commits an offense that is a Class B [C] Parks |
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and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. |
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(b) A person who violates Section 86.018 commits an offense |
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that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. |
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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 on the date the offense was committed, |
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and 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 occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2038 was passed by the House on April |
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24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 7, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2038 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |