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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the parking and movement of vehicles in the Capitol |
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Complex. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.063(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The department [State Preservation Board] shall adopt |
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rules for the safe movement and the parking of vehicles in the |
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Capitol Complex. [ The department shall administer and enforce the
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rules adopted by the preservation board and shall administer and
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enforce this subchapter. This subsection does not affect the
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authority of the department to adopt rules under Section 411.067.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.065(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a |
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rule of the department adopted under Section 411.062 or [a rule of
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the State Preservation Board adopted under] Section 411.063. |
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SECTION 3. On the effective date of this Act, rules of the |
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State Preservation Board adopted under Section 411.063, Government |
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Code, are transferred to the Department of Public Safety of the |
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State of Texas and are continued in effect until amended or repealed |
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by the Department of Public Safety. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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411.065, Government Code, applies only to an offense committed on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2015. |