85R4284 JAM-F     By: Garcia S.B. No. 1777       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.          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.          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.