| 1 | 1 | | By: Hopson (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 612 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 7, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Agriculture and Rural Affairs; April 13, 2011, reported favorably |
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| 5 | 5 | | by the following vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; April 13, 2011, sent to |
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| 6 | 6 | | 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 the criminal penalty for failure of a trustee to pay the |
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| 12 | 12 | | beneficiaries of the trust the purchase price for timber sold by the |
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| 13 | 13 | | trustee. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 151.105(d), Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (d) An offense under this section is: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of |
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| 19 | 19 | | the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least $500 but |
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| 20 | 20 | | less than $20,000; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the |
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| 22 | 22 | | trial of the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least |
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| 23 | 23 | | $20,000 but less than $100,000; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the |
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| 25 | 25 | | trial of the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least |
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| 26 | 26 | | $100,000 but less than $200,000; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) a felony of the first degree if it is shown on the |
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| 28 | 28 | | trial of the offense that the value of the timber sold is at least |
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| 29 | 29 | | $200,000. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 31 | 31 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 32 | 32 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 33 | 33 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was |
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| 34 | 34 | | committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 35 | 35 | | purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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| 36 | 36 | | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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| 37 | 37 | | occurred before that date. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 39 | 39 | | * * * * * |
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