| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed December 20, 2016; February 1, 2017, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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| 4 | | - | March 23, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; March 23, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 6 | | relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards |
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| 12 | 7 | | in certain counties. |
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| 13 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 397.0125(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 15 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 11 | | (a) In addition to the penalty provided by Section 397.012, |
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| 17 | 12 | | a person who operates an automotive wrecking and salvage yard in |
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| 18 | 13 | | violation of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not less |
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| 19 | 14 | | than $500 or more than $5,000 [$1,000] for each violation. A |
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| 20 | 15 | | separate penalty may be imposed for each day a continuing violation |
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| 21 | 16 | | occurs. |
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| 22 | 17 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 23 | 18 | | to a violation of Chapter 397, Transportation Code, that occurs on |
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| 24 | 19 | | or after the effective date of this Act. A violation of that |
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| 25 | 20 | | chapter that occurred before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 26 | 21 | | governed by the law in effect when the violation occurred, and the |
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| 27 | 22 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 28 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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