By Shields H.B. No. 131 74R1732 GWK-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the punishment for certain assaults committed on 1-3 employees of certain primary or secondary schools. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read 1-6 as follows: 1-7 (c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C 1-8 misdemeanor unless the offense is committed against a classroom 1-9 teacher, counselor, principal, or similar instructional or 1-10 administrative employee of a primary or secondary school accredited 1-11 by the Central Education Agency while the employee is engaged in 1-12 performing the employee's educational duties, in which event the 1-13 offense is a Class B misdemeanor. 1-14 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 1-15 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 1-16 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 1-17 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 1-18 before the effective date. 1-19 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 1-20 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 1-21 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.