By West S.B. No. 665
76R1903 PEP-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the definition of "deadly weapon" for purposes of the
1-3 prosecution of certain offenses.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1.07(17), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (17) "Deadly weapon" means:
1-8 (A) a firearm or anything manifestly designed,
1-9 made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious
1-10 bodily injury; or
1-11 (B) anything that [in the manner of its use or
1-12 intended use] is used with the intent to cause [capable of causing]
1-13 death or serious bodily injury.
1-14 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-15 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-16 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
1-17 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
1-18 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
1-19 purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
1-20 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
1-21 before that date.
1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.