H.B. No. 2334         AN ACT   relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty for the violation   of a rule adopted or order issued under the Flood Control and   Insurance Act in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 16.3221(a), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person violates this   subchapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this subchapter   in regard to a property located in a county with a population of   more than 75,000.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a violation committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   A violation committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the violation was   committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose. For purposes of this section, a violation was committed   before the effective date of this Act if any element of the   violation occurred before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2334 was passed by the House on May 4,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 101, Nays 43, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2334 was passed by the Senate on May   23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 5.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor