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.