By: Turner of Tarrant (Senate Sponsor - West)	H.B. No. 1222
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
	April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Jurisprudence; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to venue for certain alleged violations or offenses under
	the Water Safety Act.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.126(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Venue for an alleged violation or offense under the
	provisions of this chapter is in the justice court, [or] county
	court, or municipal court having jurisdiction where the violation
	or offense was committed.
	SECTION 2.  Section 31.126(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, as
	amended by this Act, applies only to a violation that occurs or an
	offense that is committed on or after the effective date of this
	Act. A violation that occurs or an offense that is committed before
	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
	the violation occurred or the offense was committed, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
	section, a violation occurs or an offense is committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the violation or
	offense occurs or is committed before that date.
	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, 2013.
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