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| 1 | 1 | By: Harper-Brown (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 625 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013; | |
| 3 | 3 | April 24, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | |
| 4 | 4 | Transportation; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following | |
| 5 | 5 | vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 9 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to the penalty for the operation of a vehicle without a | |
| 11 | 11 | license plate. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Section 504.943, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 14 | 14 | by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor | |
| 16 | 16 | punishable by a fine not to exceed $200. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 18 | 18 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 19 | 19 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 20 | 20 | covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 21 | 21 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 22 | 22 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 23 | 23 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 24 | 24 | before that date. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | |
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