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  89R10386 JCG-D     By: Leach H.B. No. 5059       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter   removed from a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 31.21(b), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (b)  A person is presumed to be authorized to possess a   catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle if   the person:                (1)  is the owner, as defined by Section 601.002,   Transportation Code, of the vehicle from which the catalytic   converter was removed or is authorized by the vehicle owner to   possess the catalytic converter ; or                (2)  possesses the catalytic converter in the ordinary   course of the person's business, including in the ordinary course   of business of an entity described by Section 1956.123(1),   Occupations Code.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter C-2 to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER C-2.   RESTRICTION ON SALE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER REMOVED   FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TO CERTAIN PERSONS           Sec.   1956.130.     DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "motor   vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 541.201,   Transportation Code.           Sec.   1956.131.     APPLICABILITY. Notwithstanding any other   provision of this chapter, this subchapter applies to the sale by   any person, including a person described by Section 1956.002(1), of   a catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle to any other   person.           Sec.   1956.132.     OFFENSE: SALE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER REMOVED   FROM MOTOR VEHICLE TO PERSON OTHER THAN METAL RECYCLING ENTITY.   (a)     A person commits an offense if the person sells a catalytic   converter removed from a motor vehicle to a person who is not a   metal recycling entity registered under this chapter.           (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.             (c)     If conduct constituting an offense under this section   also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be   prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.