85R4284 JAM-F By: Garcia S.B. No. 1777 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and Insurance Act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 16.3221(a), Water Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this subchapter. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a violation committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A violation committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, a violation was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the violation occurred before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.