Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1777 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/09/2017

                    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.