87R1629 CJC-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3783
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalty for violating certain executive orders,
proclamations, or regulations issued by the governor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.027 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.027. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF ORDER, PROCLAMATION,
OR REGULATION. Notwithstanding any other law, including Section
418.173(b), the punishment prescribed for violating an executive
order, proclamation, or regulation issued by the governor under
this chapter may not include a term of confinement.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.