| 1 | 1 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 350 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed December 19, 2016; January 30, 2017, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | 5 | | Nays 0; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or |
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| 12 | 12 | | transfer of secondhand watches. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce |
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| 15 | 15 | | Code, is repealed. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. An offense under Section 17.22, Business & |
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| 17 | 17 | | Commerce Code, may not be prosecuted after the effective date of |
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| 18 | 18 | | this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a criminal action is |
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| 19 | 19 | | pending for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce |
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| 20 | 20 | | Code, the action is dismissed on that date. However, a final |
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| 21 | 21 | | conviction for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce |
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| 22 | 22 | | Code, that exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected by |
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| 23 | 23 | | this Act. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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