By: Miles S.B. No. 1346
(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2023; March 16, 2023, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 12, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 12, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of certain littering offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows:
(t) Chapter 15, Penal Code, applies to an offense under this
section.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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, 2023.
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