82R893 AJZ-D
By: Callegari H.B. No. 1246
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or
transfer of secondhand watches.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce
Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. An offense under Section 17.22, Business &
Commerce Code, may not be prosecuted after the effective date of
this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a criminal action is
pending for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce
Code, the action is dismissed on that date. However, a final
conviction for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce
Code, that exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected
by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.