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               AN ACT
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            relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is  | 
         
         
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            amended by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (t)  Chapter 15, Penal Code, applies to an offense under this  | 
         
         
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            section. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to  | 
         
         
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            an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An  | 
         
         
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            offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed  | 
         
         
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            by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the  | 
         
         
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            former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of  | 
         
         
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            this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of  | 
         
         
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            this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1346 passed the Senate on  | 
         
         
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            April 20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1346 passed the House on  | 
         
         
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            May 22, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 99, Nays 45, one  | 
         
         
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            present not voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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            Approved: | 
         
         
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                      Governor |