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By: Menendez (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) |
H.B. No. 384 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; |
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April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation and Homeland Security; May 19, 2011, reported |
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favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, |
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sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the proper identification of boats and outboard motors; |
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creating an offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.033, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) No person may display on a vessel a registration decal |
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that is altered, fraudulent, or issued under a certificate of |
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number assigned to another vessel. |
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SECTION 2. Section 31.043, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) No person may intentionally sell, offer to sell, or |
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purchase a vessel with a hull identification number, or an outboard |
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motor with a serial number, that has been altered, defaced, |
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mutilated, or removed. |
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SECTION 3. Section 31.127(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A person who violates Section 31.043(c) or 31.096 [of
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this code] commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife |
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Code misdemeanor. A person who violates Section 31.043(c-1) |
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commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code |
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misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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