| 1 | 1 | | 89R10386 JCG-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Alvarado S.B. No. 2813 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter |
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| 10 | 10 | | removed from a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.21(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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| 13 | 13 | | as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) A person is presumed to be authorized to possess a |
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| 15 | 15 | | catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle if |
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| 16 | 16 | | the person: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) is the owner, as defined by Section 601.002, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Transportation Code, of the vehicle from which the catalytic |
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| 19 | 19 | | converter was removed or is authorized by the vehicle owner to |
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| 20 | 20 | | possess the catalytic converter; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) possesses the catalytic converter in the ordinary |
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| 22 | 22 | | course of the person's business, including in the ordinary course |
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| 23 | 23 | | of business of an entity described by Section 1956.123(1), |
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| 24 | 24 | | Occupations Code. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 26 | 26 | | adding Subchapter C-2 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | SUBCHAPTER C-2. RESTRICTION ON SALE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER REMOVED |
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| 28 | 28 | | FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TO CERTAIN PERSONS |
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| 29 | 29 | | Sec. 1956.130. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "motor |
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| 30 | 30 | | vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201, |
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| 31 | 31 | | Transportation Code. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 1956.131. APPLICABILITY. Notwithstanding any other |
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| 33 | 33 | | provision of this chapter, this subchapter applies to the sale by |
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| 34 | 34 | | any person, including a person described by Section 1956.002(1), of |
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| 35 | 35 | | a catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle to any other |
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| 36 | 36 | | person. |
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| 37 | 37 | | Sec. 1956.132. OFFENSE: SALE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER REMOVED |
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| 38 | 38 | | FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TO PERSON OTHER THAN METAL RECYCLING ENTITY. (a) |
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| 39 | 39 | | A person commits an offense if the person sells a catalytic |
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| 40 | 40 | | converter removed from a motor vehicle to a person who is not a |
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| 41 | 41 | | metal recycling entity registered under this chapter. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section |
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| 44 | 44 | | also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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