2005S0556-1  03/10/05


By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 1619


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the penalty for permitting an animal to run at large on 
a highway.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 143.108, Agriculture 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class C Misdemeanor, 
unless the offense results in a vehicular accident involving a 
physical injury, in which case the offense is a Class B Misdemeanor.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.