84R2276 DDT-F

By: Watson S.B. No. 533

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the parking and movement of vehicles in the Capitol Complex.

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

SECTION 1. Section 411.063(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The department [State Preservation Board] shall adopt rules for the safe movement and the parking of vehicles in the Capitol Complex. [ The department shall administer and enforce the rules adopted by the preservation board and shall administer and enforce this subchapter. This subsection does not affect the authority of the department to adopt rules under Section 411.067.]

SECTION 2. Section 411.065(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule of the department adopted under Section 411.062 or [a rule of the State Preservation Board adopted under] Section 411.063.

SECTION 3. On the effective date of this Act, rules of the State Preservation Board adopted under Section 411.063, Government Code, are transferred to the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and are continued in effect until amended or repealed by the Department of Public Safety.

SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section 411.065, Government Code, 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 5. 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, 2015.