82R6640 YDB-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 1687
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of certain civil penalties and criminal
fines assessed under the Health and Safety Code.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 401.383(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
unless it is shown at the trial of the person that the person has
been previously convicted of an offense under this section, in
which event the offense is punishable by a fine of not less than
$4,000 [$2,000] or more than $100,000, confinement in the county
jail for not more than one year, or both.
SECTION 2. Section 502.015(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The penalty may be in an amount not to exceed $4,000
[$2,000] a day for each violation, with a total not to exceed
$20,000 for that violation.
SECTION 3. Section 822.114(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person who violates Section 822.103(a) is liable for a
civil penalty of not less than $200 and not more than $4,000
[$2,000] for each animal with respect to which there is a violation
and for each day the violation continues.
SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section
401.383(b), Health and Safety 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.
(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
502.015(b) and 822.114(a), Health and Safety Code, apply only to
conduct occurring on or after the effective date of this Act.
Conduct occurring before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.