AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the offense of retaining of lightning whelks caught in
 1-2     shrimp trawls.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 77.0191, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 77.0191.  RETENTION OF REDFISH, [AND] SPECKLED SEA
 1-7     TROUT, AND LIGHTNING WHELKS.  (a)  No person who is using a trawl
 1-8     for the purpose of taking shrimp may retain a redfish, [or]
 1-9     speckled sea trout, or lightning whelk, also known as Busycon
1-10     perversum pulleyi, caught in the trawl.
1-11           (b)  No person may retain a redfish, [or] speckled sea trout,
1-12     or lightning whelk if the person is on board a boat licensed under
1-13     this chapter and if there is a shrimp trawl on board the boat.
1-14           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-15     The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense
1-16     committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  For purposes
1-17     of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date
1-18     of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date.
1-19           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-20     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-21     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-22           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-23     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-1     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-2     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 133 passed the Senate on
         March 11, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 133 passed the House on
         May 25, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor