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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the penalty for discarding lighted smoking materials |
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from a motor vehicle. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 365.012(f), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor |
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if: |
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(1) the litter or other solid waste to which the |
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offense applies weighs 500 pounds or more but less than 1,000 pounds |
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or has a volume of 100 cubic feet or more but less than 200 cubic |
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feet; [or] |
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(2) the litter or other solid waste is disposed for a |
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commercial purpose and weighs more than five pounds but less than |
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200 pounds or has a volume of more than five gallons but less than |
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200 cubic feet; or |
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(3) the litter or other solid waste to which the |
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offense applies is a lighted match, a lighted cigarette or cigar, or |
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other lighted smoking material discarded from a motor vehicle. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 365.012(f), Health and Safety Code, |
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as amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or |
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after September 1, 2007. For purposes of this section, an offense |
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is committed before September 1, 2007, if any element of the offense |
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occurs before that date. |
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(b) An offense committed before September 1, 2007, |
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is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |