| 1 | 1 | | By: Parker (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 596 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Transportation and Homeland Security; May 17, 2011, reported |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent |
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| 6 | 6 | | to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to offenses involving operating a motorboat in a circular |
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| 12 | 12 | | course. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Britteny Sage |
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| 15 | 15 | | Lindt Act. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. The heading to Section 31.099, Parks and |
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| 17 | 17 | | Wildlife Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 31.099. PROHIBITION ON CIRCULAR COURSE AROUND |
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| 19 | 19 | | INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN WATER ACTIVITIES [FISHERMAN OR SWIMMER]. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 3. Section 31.099, Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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| 21 | 21 | | amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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| 22 | 22 | | read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) No person may operate a motorboat in a circular course |
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| 24 | 24 | | around: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) any other boat or personal watercraft any occupant |
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| 26 | 26 | | of which is engaged in fishing, waterskiing, or a similar activity; |
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| 27 | 27 | | or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) [around] any person swimming. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person operating a |
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| 30 | 30 | | motorboat in a circular course to retrieve a downed or fallen |
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| 31 | 31 | | water-skier or other person engaged in a similar activity. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 33 | 33 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 35 | 35 | | covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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| 36 | 36 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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| 37 | 37 | | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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| 38 | 38 | | this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
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| 39 | 39 | | date. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 41 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 42 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 45 | 45 | | * * * * * |
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