By Culberson H.B. No. 550
75R1917 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment of certain defendants convicted of
1-3 attempted murder.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 15.01, Penal Code, is amended by amending
1-6 Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-7 (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [An] offense
1-8 under this section is one category lower than the offense
1-9 attempted, and if the offense attempted is a state jail felony, the
1-10 offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
1-11 (e) An offense under this section is a felony of the first
1-12 degree if:
1-13 (1) the offense attempted is an offense punishable as
1-14 a felony of the first degree under Section 19.02; and
1-15 (2) the victim suffers serious bodily injury as a
1-16 result of the commission of the offense.
1-17 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-18 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-19 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-20 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-21 before that date.
1-22 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-23 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-24 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-2 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.