By Yarbrough H.B. No. 108 74R783 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 30.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-5 Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-6 (e)(1) If it is shown on the trial of an offense otherwise 1-7 punishable as a state jail felony under this section that during 1-8 the commission of the offense the defendant committed theft of a 1-9 firearm, the offense is punishable as a third degree felony. 1-10 (2) If it is shown on the trial of an offense 1-11 otherwise punishable as a first or second degree felony under this 1-12 section that during the commission of the offense the defendant 1-13 committed theft of a firearm, the minimum term of imprisonment 1-14 otherwise imposed on conviction of the offense is increased by five 1-15 years. 1-16 (3) If it is shown on the trial of an offense 1-17 punishable under this subsection that during the commission of the 1-18 offense the defendant committed theft of more than one firearm, the 1-19 minimum term of imprisonment otherwise imposed under Subdivision 1-20 (1) or (2) is increased by two years for each additional firearm 1-21 stolen. 1-22 (4) In this subsection, "firearm" has the meaning 1-23 assigned by Section 46.01. 1-24 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 2-1 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 2-2 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 2-3 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 2-4 before the effective date. 2-5 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 2-6 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 2-7 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-9 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.