By Hilderbran                                         H.B. No. 2702
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to regulating the noise level of motorboats.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 31, Parks and Wildlife Code,
 1-5     is amended by adding Section 31.112 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 31.112.  EXCESSIVE NOISE. No person may operate a
 1-7     motorboat or personal watercraft in a manner that creates a noise
 1-8     level that exceeds 92 decibels.
 1-9           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-10     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-11     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-12     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-13     before that date.
1-14           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-15     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-16     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-17           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.