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AN ACT
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relating to the criminal penalty for failure of a trustee to pay the |
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beneficiaries of the trust the purchase price for timber sold by the |
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trustee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 151.105(d), Natural Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) An offense under this section is: |
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(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of |
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the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least $500 but |
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less than $20,000; |
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(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least |
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$20,000 but less than $100,000; |
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(3) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least |
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$100,000 but less than $200,000; or |
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(4) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least |
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$200,000. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was |
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committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 612 was passed by the House on March |
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31, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 612 was passed by the Senate on April |
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21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |