H.B. No. 2027
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Code, is repealed.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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2027 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2027 was passed by the Senate on May
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor