By: Taylor of Collin	S.B. No. 350
	(In the Senate - Filed December 19, 2016; January 30, 2017,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
	April 18, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; April 18, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the repeal of certain laws regulating the sale or
	transfer of secondhand watches.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce
	Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 2.  An offense under Section 17.22, Business &
	Commerce Code, may not be prosecuted after the effective date of
	this Act. If on the effective date of this Act a criminal action is
	pending for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce
	Code, the action is dismissed on that date. However, a final
	conviction for an offense under Section 17.22, Business & Commerce
	Code, that exists on the effective date of this Act is unaffected by
	this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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