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Senate Bill 208 |
Senate Author: West |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
House Sponsor: Rodriguez, Eddie et al. |
Senate Bill 208 amends the Occupations Code to create an offense for a person who knowingly sells an explosive device to a metal recycling entity, an offense for a metal recycling entity that knowingly buys an explosive device, and an offense for a metal recycling entity that knowingly stores or allows to be stored on the entity's premises an explosive device. The bill expands the Public Safety Commission's authority to impose an administrative penalty with regard to metal recycling entities, requires the commission by rule to adopt a standardized penalty schedule, and restricts appropriation of an administrative penalty to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The bill requires a metal recycling entity to report to DPS the entity's possession of an explosive device unknowingly purchased or otherwise obtained by the entity and authorizes the entity to also report to an appropriate law enforcement authority or the nearest military installation the possession of an explosive device that the entity unknowingly purchased or otherwise obtained so that the explosive device may be removed from the entity or disposed of as soon as possible.