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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for violating certain rules or permit |
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terms under a permit to trap, transport, and transplant certain |
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animals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.062, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.062. PENALTY. (a) Except as provided by |
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Subsection (b), a [A] person who violates any provision of this |
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subchapter or the terms of a permit issued under this subchapter |
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commits an offense that is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code |
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misdemeanor. |
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(b) A person commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and |
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Wildlife Code misdemeanor if the person violates: |
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(1) a rule relating to a reporting requirement for a |
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permit issued under this subchapter; or |
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(2) a term of a permit issued under this subchapter |
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that relates to a reporting requirement. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered |
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by the law in effect when 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 was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |