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        relating to the idling of motor vehicles; providing a criminal  | 
      
      
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        penalty. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        by adding Section 7.1831 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 7.1831.  VIOLATION OF LOCALLY ENFORCED MOTOR VEHICLE  | 
      
      
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        IDLING LIMITATIONS.  (a) A person commits an offense if the person  | 
      
      
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        violates a rule adopted by the commission concerning locally  | 
      
      
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        enforced motor vehicle idling limitations. | 
      
      
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               (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, an offense under this  | 
      
      
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        section is a Class C 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 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 is committed before the  | 
      
      
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        effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs  | 
      
      
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        before that date. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 1906 was passed by the House on April  | 
      
      
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        26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 110, Nays 38, 2 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. 1906 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0 | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |