By Lucio S.B. No. 1769 75R3789 JD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the possession or use of a code grabbing device; 1-3 creating an offense. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Section 31.14 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 31.14. POSSESSION OR USE OF CODE GRABBING DEVICE. 1-8 (a) A person commits an offense if the person: 1-9 (1) possesses a code grabbing device with the intent 1-10 to use it in the commission of an unlawful act; or 1-11 (2) uses a code grabbing device to disarm the security 1-12 alarm system of a motor vehicle with the intent to commit an 1-13 unlawful act. 1-14 (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. 1-15 (c) In this section, "code grabbing device" means a device 1-16 that can: 1-17 (1) receive and record the coded signal sent by the 1-18 transmitter of a motor vehicle security alarm system; and 1-19 (2) play back the signal to disarm that system. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.