By Wilson                                             H.B. No. 1691
       74R5582 DD-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the offense of disorderly conduct.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 42.01, Penal Code, is amended by amending
    1-5  Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as
    1-6  follows:
    1-7        (d)  Except as provided by this subsection or Subsection (e),
    1-8  an <An> offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.  An
    1-9  offense <unless> committed under Subsection (a)(9) or (a)(10)<, in
   1-10  which event it> is a Class B misdemeanor.
   1-11        (e)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(4), or
   1-12  (a)(6) is a Class B misdemeanor if the actor commits the offense at
   1-13  a sports event.
   1-14        (f)  In this section, "sports event" means:
   1-15              (1)  a football, basketball, baseball, or similar game
   1-16  in which the participants are paid professional athletes or are
   1-17  students sponsored by an institution of higher education or a
   1-18  public or private secondary or primary school; or
   1-19              (2)  a horse or dog race on which pari-mutuel wagering
   1-20  is allowed.
   1-21        SECTION 2.  (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
   1-22  only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
   1-23  Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
   1-24  the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
    2-1  before that date.
    2-2        (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
    2-3  Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
    2-4  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
    2-5        SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
    2-6        SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
    2-7  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
    2-8  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-9  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-10  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.