By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) H.B. No. 2027
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
May 1, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.)
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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Code, is repealed.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.
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