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| 1 | 1 | 84R706 JTS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Miles H.B. No. 273 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the minimum term of confinement for an offense of | |
| 8 | 8 | illegal dumping in a municipality. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (g-1) The minimum term of confinement for an offense under | |
| 13 | 13 | this section that is committed inside the boundaries of a | |
| 14 | 14 | municipality is: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) 72 hours for an offense described by Subsection | |
| 16 | 16 | (d-1); | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) six days for an offense described by Subsection | |
| 18 | 18 | (e); or | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) 12 days for an offense described by Subsection | |
| 20 | 20 | (f). | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 22 | 22 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 23 | 23 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 24 | 24 | governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and | |
| 25 | 25 | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 26 | 26 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 27 | 27 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was | |
| 28 | 28 | committed before that date. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |