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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses |
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committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section |
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applies only to an offense under: |
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(1) Section 20.05; |
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(2) Section 20.06; |
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(3) Section 20.07; |
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(4) Section 22.01; |
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(5) [(2)] Section 28.02; |
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(6) [(3)] Section 29.02; |
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(7) [(4)] Section 30.02; |
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(8) [(5)] Section 30.03; |
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(9) [(6)] Section 30.04; |
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(10) [(7)] Section 30.05; and |
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(11) [(8)] Section 31.03. |
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(c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(1), (5), |
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(6), (7), or (8)] is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the |
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minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180 |
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days. If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(2), (4), or |
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(8)] is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment |
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for that offense may not be increased under this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |