SB2112 - Relating to the punishment for certain criminal offenses related to cultivated oyster mariculture; increasing a criminal penalty.

      S.B. No. 2112         AN ACT   relating to the punishment for certain criminal offenses related to   cultivated oyster mariculture; increasing a criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 75.0107, Parks and Wildlife Code, is   amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and   (b-2) to read as follows:          (b)  A person commits an offense if the person [ who ]   violates :                 (1)   Section 75.0104(a) or 75.0106 ; or                 (2)   a rule adopted under this chapter .           (b-1)  An [ commits an ] offense under Subsection (b)(1)   [ that ] is a Class B Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor , except that   the offense is a Class A Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it   is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been   previously convicted of an offense under Subsection (b)(1) during   the five-year period preceding the date of the trial of the current   offense.           (b-2)     An offense under Subsection (b)(2) is a Class C Parks   and Wildlife Code misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class B   Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of   the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted of an   offense under Subsection (b)(2) two or more times during the   five-year period preceding the date of the trial of the current   offense .          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   governed 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, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2112 passed the Senate on   April 9, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 2.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2112 passed the House on   May 20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 110, Nays 36, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor