By Hilderbran H.B. No. 2702 77R7200 SGA-F 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.