Bill Text: TX HB3085 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; increasing the civil penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2013-06-14 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3085 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3085-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3085 |
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relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards | ||
in certain counties; increasing the civil penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 397.0125(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In addition to the penalty provided by Section 397.012, | ||
a person who operates an automotive wrecking and salvage yard in | ||
violation of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not less | ||
than $500 or more than $5,000 [ |
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separate penalty may be imposed for each day a continuing violation | ||
occurs. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a violation of Chapter 397, Transportation Code, that occurs on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A violation of that | ||
chapter that occurred before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect when the violation occurred, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3085 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 15, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3085 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |