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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2025; March 13, 2025, read |
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| 3 | + | first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; |
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| 4 | + | March 31, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; March 31, 2025, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2230 By: Hancock |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to the evacuation of unauthorized persons from a hazard |
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| 9 | 14 | | area in connection with space flight activities; creating a |
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| 10 | 15 | | criminal offense. |
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| 11 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 17 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.132, Natural Resources Code, is |
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| 13 | 18 | | amended by adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 19 | | (c-1) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare: |
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| 15 | 20 | | (1) the governing body of a municipality to which |
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| 16 | 21 | | proposed primary and backup dates for space flight activities are |
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| 17 | 22 | | submitted under Subsection (b)(1) by ordinance shall compel the |
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| 18 | 23 | | evacuation of any unauthorized person from a hazard area, as |
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| 19 | 24 | | calculated by the Federal Aviation Administration under 14 C.F.R. |
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| 20 | 25 | | Section 450.133(c), on the date on which space flight activities |
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| 21 | 26 | | are conducted; and |
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| 22 | 27 | | (2) a commissioners court to which proposed primary |
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| 23 | 28 | | and backup dates for space flight activities are submitted under |
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| 24 | 29 | | Subsection (b)(2) or (b-1) by order may compel the evacuation of any |
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| 25 | 30 | | unauthorized person from a hazard area, as calculated by the |
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| 26 | 31 | | Federal Aviation Administration under 14 C.F.R. Section |
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| 27 | 32 | | 450.133(c), on the date on which space flight activities are |
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| 28 | 33 | | conducted. |
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| 29 | 34 | | (c-2) A person commits an offense if the person violates an |
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| 30 | 35 | | ordinance or order adopted under Subsection (c-1). An offense |
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| 31 | 36 | | under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor, except that the |
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| 32 | 37 | | offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously been |
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| 33 | 38 | | convicted of an offense under this subsection. |
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| 34 | 39 | | SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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| 35 | 40 | | section: |
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| 36 | 41 | | (1) this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a |
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| 37 | 42 | | vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 43 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; and |
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| 39 | 44 | | (2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 40 | 45 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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| 41 | 46 | | (b) This Act takes effect only if S.B. 2188 or similar |
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| 42 | 47 | | legislation of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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| 43 | 48 | | relating to the closure of beaches for space flight activities is |
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| 44 | 49 | | enacted and becomes law. If legislation described by this |
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| 45 | 50 | | subsection is not enacted or does not become law, this Act has no |
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| 46 | 51 | | effect. |
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