Bill Text: TX HB2052 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for violations of the Antiquities Code of Texas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-09 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB2052 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2052-Introduced.html

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86R2794 SRA-D
By: Murr H.B. No. 2052

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for violations of the
Antiquities Code of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.171(a), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person violating any of the provisions of this chapter
is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor[, and on conviction shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $1,000, by
confinement in jail for not more than 30 days, or by both].
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, 2019.