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| 1 | 1 | 86R2794 SRA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Murr H.B. No. 2052 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to increasing the criminal penalty for violations of the | |
| 8 | 8 | Antiquities Code of Texas. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 191.171(a), Natural Resources Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) A person violating any of the provisions of this chapter | |
| 13 | 13 | is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor[, and on conviction shall be | |
| 14 | 14 | punished by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $1,000, by | |
| 15 | 15 | confinement in jail for not more than 30 days, or by both]. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 17 | 17 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 18 | 18 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 19 | 19 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 20 | 20 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 21 | 21 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 22 | 22 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 23 | 23 | before that date. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |