By: Garcia  S.B. No. 368          (In the Senate - Filed December 20, 2016; February 1, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;   March 23, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,   Nays 0; March 23, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards   in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 397.0125(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  In addition to the penalty provided by Section 397.012,   a person who operates an automotive wrecking and salvage yard in   violation of this chapter is liable for a civil penalty of not less   than $500 or more than $5,000 [$1,000] for each violation.  A   separate penalty may be imposed for each day a continuing violation   occurs.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a violation of Chapter 397, Transportation Code, that occurs on   or after the effective date of this Act. A violation of that   chapter that occurred before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect when the violation occurred, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *