By: Phillips, Murphy (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 1523
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
May 2, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 17, 2011, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of transporting household goods without
registration; providing a penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 643.253(b) and (e), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A person commits an offense if the person engages in or
solicits the transportation of household goods for compensation and
is not registered as required by Subchapter B.
(e) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class C
misdemeanor, except that the offense is:
(1) a Class B misdemeanor if the person has previously
been convicted one time of an offense under Subsection (b); and
(2) a Class A misdemeanor if the person has previously
been convicted two or more times of an offense under Subsection (b)
[punishable by a fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000 per
violation].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act 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
covered by the law in effect when 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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