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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time permitted for the abatement of a public |
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nuisance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 343.012(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if: |
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(1) the person violates Section 343.011(b); and |
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(2) the nuisance remains unabated after the 15th |
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[30th] day after the date on which the person receives notice from a |
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county official, agent, or employee to abate the nuisance. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |