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AN ACT
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relating to the recording of a criminal offense of transporting |
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household goods without registration in a driving record. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 643.253, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: |
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(g) As soon as practicable after the date a person is |
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convicted of an offense under Subsection (b), the convicting court |
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shall notify the Department of Public Safety of the conviction. The |
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notice must be in a form prescribed by the Department of Public |
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Safety and must contain the person's driver's license number. |
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(h) A conviction under Subsection (b) shall be recorded in |
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the person's driving record maintained by the Department of Public |
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Safety. |
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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 on the date the offense was committed, |
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and 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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1505 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 4, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1505 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |