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House Bill 1614 |
House Author: Brown, Betty et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Patrick, Dan |
Under previous law, a person committed a Class A misdemeanor criminal mischief offense if the person caused whole or partial impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public gas or power supply, or other public service, or caused any public communications or public gas or power supply to be diverted in any manner, and the amount of pecuniary loss resulting from the offense was less than $1,500.
House Bill 1614 amends the Penal Code to increase the penalty for such a criminal mischief offense causing the same impairment or interruption of services to a state jail felony if the amount of pecuniary loss is less than $20,000.