83R9586 SLB-D
 
  By: Herrero H.B. No. 2649
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the punishment for violating certain rules or permit
  terms under a permit to trap, transport, and transplant certain
  animals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.062, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.062.  PENALTY. (a)  Except as provided by Subsection
  (b), a [A] person who violates any provision of this subchapter or
  the terms of a permit issued under this subchapter commits an
  offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
         (b)  A person who violates a rule or the terms of a permit
  relating to a reporting requirement for a permit issued under this
  subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife
  Code misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 covered
  by the law in effect when 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 was committed before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.