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.