Bill Text: TX HB625 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the penalty for the operation of a vehicle without a license plate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB625 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB625-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 625 | ||
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| relating to the penalty for the operation of a vehicle without a | ||
| license plate. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 504.943, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor | ||
| punishable by a fine not to exceed $200. | ||
| 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 | ||
| covered 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 625 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 625 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
