By Dear H.B. No. 228
74R764 PAM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the penalty for certain violations of the law relating
1-3 to automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 7(a) and (b), Chapter 953, Acts of the
1-6 70th Legislature, Regular Session, 1987 (Article 2372dd-1, Vernon's
1-7 Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
1-8 (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally violates Section
1-9 3 or 3A of this Act commits an offense. An offense under this
1-10 subsection is a <Class C> misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
1-11 less than $100 and not more than $500.
1-12 (b) If a county ordinance adopted under Section 5 of this
1-13 Act defines an offense for a violation of the ordinance, the
1-14 offense is a <Class C> misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less
1-15 than $100 and not more than $500.
1-16 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-17 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-18 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
1-19 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
1-20 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.