By: Sheets (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1305

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013; April 24, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; May 1, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the criminal penalty for acting as an agent after suspension or revocation of the agent's license.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 4005.151(b), Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree [punishable by:

[(1) a fine not to exceed $5,000;

[(2) imprisonment for a term of not more than two years; or

[(3) both fine and imprisonment under this subsection].

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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