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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of certain civil penalties and criminal |
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fines assessed under the Health and Safety Code. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 401.383(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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unless it is shown at the trial of the person that the person has |
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been previously convicted of an offense under this section, in |
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which event the offense is punishable by a fine of not less than |
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$4,000 [$2,000] or more than $100,000, confinement in the county |
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jail for not more than one year, or both. |
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SECTION 2. Section 502.015(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The penalty may be in an amount not to exceed $4,000 |
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[$2,000] a day for each violation, with a total not to exceed |
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$20,000 for that violation. |
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SECTION 3. Section 822.114(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person who violates Section 822.103(a) is liable for a |
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civil penalty of not less than $200 and not more than $4,000 |
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[$2,000] for each animal with respect to which there is a violation |
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and for each day the violation continues. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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401.383(b), Health and Safety Code, applies only to an offense |
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committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense |
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committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Sections |
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502.015(b) and 822.114(a), Health and Safety Code, apply only to |
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conduct occurring on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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Conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |