By Reyna of Dallas H.B. No. 446
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of unauthorized use of a
1-3 vehicle.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 31.07(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (b) An offense under this section is a [state jail] felony
1-8 of the third degree.
1-9 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-10 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-11 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
1-12 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
1-13 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
1-14 purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
1-15 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
1-16 before that date.
1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.