85R312 CLG-D By: Goldman H.B. No. 2027 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or transfer of secondhand watches. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code, is repealed. SECTION 2. An offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce Code, may not be prosecuted after the effective date of this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a criminal action is pending for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce Code, the action is dismissed on that date. However, a final conviction for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce Code, that exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2017.