By Burnam H.B. No. 661
75R3343 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the prosecution of and the punishment for the offense
1-3 of the unlawful transfer of certain weapons.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.06, Penal Code, is amended by amending
1-6 Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
1-7 (c) [It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
1-8 Subsection (a)(2) that the transfer was to a minor whose parent or
1-9 the person having legal custody of the minor had given written
1-10 permission for the sale or, if the transfer was other than a sale,
1-11 the parent or person having legal custody had given effective
1-12 consent.]
1-13 [(d)] An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-14 degree [Class A misdemeanor].
1-15 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-16 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-17 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-18 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-19 before that date.
1-20 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-21 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-22 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-23 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-24 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.