SRC-JFA H.B. 2897 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2897
By: Crabb (Whitmire)
Criminal Justice
5-17-97
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, burglary of a rail car is a Class A misdemeanor.  Prior to the
revision of the Penal Code, burglary of a rail car was a felony offense.
This bill would make the offense of burglary of a rail car a state jail
felony.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 2897 makes the offense of burglary of a rail car a state
jail felony.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 30.04(c), Penal Code, to provide that an offense
under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the vehicle or part of
a vehicle broken into or entered is a rail car, in which event the offense
is a state jail felony.   

SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1997.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.