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| 1 | 1 | 85R4284 JAM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Garcia S.B. No. 1777 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation | |
| 8 | 8 | of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and | |
| 9 | 9 | Insurance Act. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 16.3221(a), Water Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this | |
| 14 | 14 | subchapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this subchapter. | |
| 15 | 15 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 16 | 16 | to a violation committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 17 | 17 | A violation committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 18 | 18 | governed by the law in effect on the date the violation was | |
| 19 | 19 | committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that | |
| 20 | 20 | purpose. For purposes of this section, a violation was committed | |
| 21 | 21 | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the | |
| 22 | 22 | violation occurred before that date. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |