Amend CSSB 30 by adding the following article, appropriately
numbered, and renumbering the existing articles of the bill
accordingly:
             ARTICLE ____.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION.
      Sec. ____.01.  THEFT BY GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR.  (a)  Section
31.03(f), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:
      (f)  An offense described for purposes of punishment by
Subsections (e)(1)-(6) is increased to the next higher category of
offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:
            (1)  the actor was a public servant at the time of the
offense<;> and
            <(2)> the property appropriated came into the actor's
custody, possession, or control by virtue of his status as a public
servant; or
            (2)  the actor was in a contractual relationship with
government at the time of the offense and the property appropriated
came into the actor's custody, possession, or control by virtue of
the contractual relationship.
      (b)  The changes in law made by this section apply only to an
offense committed on or after the effective date of this section.
For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the
effective date of this section if any element of the offense occurs
before that date.
      (c)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
section is covered by the law in effect at the time the offense was
committed.