77R14352 JMG-D
By Farrar H.B. No. 1660
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1660:
By Najera C.S.H.B. No. 1660
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the fine or penalty for the violation of a rule,
1-3 ordinance, or police regulation governing certain offenses in
1-4 certain municipalities.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 54.001(b), Local Government Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (b) A fine or penalty for the violation of a rule,
1-9 ordinance, or police regulation may not exceed $500. However:
1-10 (1) [,] a fine or penalty for the violation of a rule,
1-11 ordinance, or police regulation that governs fire safety, zoning,
1-12 or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, may
1-13 not exceed $2,000; or
1-14 (2) a fine or penalty for the violation of a rule,
1-15 ordinance, or police regulation that is adopted by a municipality
1-16 with a population of 1.9 million or more and that governs municipal
1-17 beautification may not exceed $2,000.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and the
1-19 change in law made by this Act applies only to the violation of a
1-20 rule, ordinance, or police regulation committed on or after that
1-21 date. The violation of a rule, ordinance, or police regulation
1-22 committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
1-23 law in effect when the violation was committed, and the former law
1-24 is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
2-1 section, a violation was committed before the effective date of
2-2 this Act if any element of the violation occurred before that date.