By Edwards H.B. No. 2454
76R8580 DLF-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the penalty applicable to a person who tattoos a person
1-3 younger than 18 in violation of law.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 146.012, Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-7 (d) A person commits an offense if the person violates
1-8 Subsection (a)(1). An offense under this subsection is a Class B
1-9 misdemeanor.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 146.018(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1-11 amended to read as follows:
1-12 (b) Except as provided by Section 146.012(d), an [An]
1-13 offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
1-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-15 SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-16 only to the punishment for an offense committed on or after the
1-17 effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an
1-18 offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
1-19 element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
1-20 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-21 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-22 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-23 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.