By Park                                                H.B. No. 212
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the creation of the offense of discharging a firearm at
    1-3  a person or into a crowd.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 22.05, Penal Code, is amended to read as
    1-6  follows:
    1-7        (a)  A person commits an offense if he recklessly engages in
    1-8  conduct that places another in imminent danger of serious bodily
    1-9  injury.
   1-10        (b)  Recklessness and danger are presumed if the actor
   1-11  knowingly pointed a firearm at or in the direction of another
   1-12  whether or not the actor believed the firearm to be loaded.
   1-13        (c)  Except as provided Subsections (d) and (e) an offense
   1-14  under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
   1-15        (d)  An offense under this section is a second degree felony
   1-16  if a person:
   1-17              (1)  commits an offense described in Subsection (a) of
   1-18  this section, and
   1-19              (2)  the person recklessly discharges a firearm in the
   1-20  direction of another person or persons.
   1-21        (e)  An offense under this section is a felony of the first
   1-22  degree if it is shown that the actor's conduct caused bodily injury
   1-23  to another person or persons.
    2-1        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
    2-2        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-3  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-4  emergency   and   an   imperative   public   necessity   that   the
    2-5  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-6  days be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.