1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards
1-3 in certain counties; providing a penalty.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 396.024(b), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) An offense under this section is a [Class C] misdemeanor
1-8 punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500.
1-9 SECTION 2. Section 396.041(c), Transportation Code, is
1-10 amended to read as follows:
1-11 (c) An ordinance may:
1-12 (1) impose a fee of $25 for the issuance or renewal of
1-13 a license;
1-14 (2) impose a fee of not more than $150 for the
1-15 issuance or renewal of a license, if the ordinance is adopted by
1-16 the commissioners court of a county with a population of one
1-17 million or more that contains two or more municipalities, each of
1-18 which has a population of 250,000 or more;
1-19 (3) condition the license on the operation of the
1-20 junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard only at a location
1-21 approved by the commissioners court; or
1-22 (4) [(3)] establish grounds for suspending or revoking
1-23 a license if the junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard
1-24 is not screened.
2-1 SECTION 3. Section 396.045(b), Transportation Code, is
2-2 amended to read as follows:
2-3 (b) An offense under this section is a [Class C] misdemeanor
2-4 punishable by a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500.
2-5 SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by Sections 1 and 3
2-6 of this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the
2-7 effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an
2-8 offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
2-9 element of the offense occurs before that date.
2-10 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-11 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-12 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-13 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the House on May
2, 1997, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1401 on May 21, 1997, by a non-record
vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1401 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 17, 1997, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor