By: Brown S.B. No. 104
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the punishment for certain assaults committed on
1-2 employees of certain primary or secondary schools; providing
1-3 penalties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22.01, Penal Code, is amended by amending
1-6 Subsections (b) and (c) and by adding Subsection (d) to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class A
1-9 misdemeanor unless the offense is committed against a classroom
1-10 teacher, principal, bus driver, or other employee of a primary or
1-11 secondary school accredited by the Central Education Agency while
1-12 the employee is engaged in performing duties within the scope of
1-13 employment, in which event the offense is a felony of the third
1-14 degree.
1-15 (c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) <or (3)> is a Class C
1-16 misdemeanor unless the offense is committed against a classroom
1-17 teacher, principal, bus driver, or other employee of a primary or
1-18 secondary school accredited by the Central Education Agency while
1-19 the employee is engaged in performing duties within the scope of
1-20 employment, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
1-21 (d) An offense under Subsection (a)(3) is a Class C
1-22 misdemeanor unless the offense is committed against a classroom
1-23 teacher, principal, bus driver, or other employee of a primary or
2-1 secondary school accredited by the Central Education Agency while
2-2 the employee is engaged in performing duties within the scope of
2-3 employment, in which event the offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
2-4 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
2-5 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
2-6 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
2-7 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
2-8 before the effective date.
2-9 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-10 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-11 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-12 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-13 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.