By: Moncrief S.B. No. 772
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to curbing the incidence of graffiti; providing a penalty.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 485.018, Health and Safety Code, is
1-4 repealed.
1-5 SECTION 2. Section 485.031, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and
1-7 (d) to read as follows:
1-8 (b) An offense under Subsection (a) <this section> is a
1-9 Class B misdemeanor.
1-10 (c) A person who is younger than 18 years of age commits an
1-11 offense if the person is found to be in possession of aerosol
1-12 paint.
1-13 (d) An offense under Subsection (c) is a Class C misdemeanor
1-14 punishable by a fine not to exceed $500.
1-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-16 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-22 passage, and it is so enacted.