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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum term of confinement for an offense of |
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illegal dumping in a municipality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: |
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(g-1) The minimum term of confinement for an offense under |
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this section that is committed inside the boundaries of a |
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municipality is: |
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(1) 72 hours for an offense described by Subsection |
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(d-1); |
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(2) six days for an offense described by Subsection |
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(e); or |
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(3) 12 days for an offense described by Subsection |
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(f). |
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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 when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |