73R1160 GWK-F
By De La Garza, et al. H.B. No. 20
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a
1-3 felon.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses a
1-8 firearm away from the premises where he lives and <who> has been
1-9 convicted of:
1-10 (1) a felony involving an act of violence or
1-11 threatened violence to a person or property;
1-12 (2) a felony under Chapter 481, Health and Safety
1-13 Code, involving manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to
1-14 manufacture or deliver a controlled substance; or
1-15 (3) an aggravated felony under Chapter 481, Health and
1-16 Safety Code, involving possession of a controlled substance
1-17 <commits an offense if he possesses a firearm away from the
1-18 premises where he lives>.
1-19 SECTION 2. (a) The change in the law made by this Act
1-20 applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date
1-21 of this Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed
1-22 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
1-23 occurs before the effective date.
1-24 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-1 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-2 and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
2-3 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-4 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.