SRC-BWC H.B. 1600 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 1600
77R6117 GWK-DBy: Jones, Elizabeth (Armbrister)
Criminal Justice
4/11/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

On February 3, 2001, John Anthony "Rocky" Riojas, an eleven-year veteran of
the San Antonio Police Department, was fatally shot with his own gun while
scuffling with a man at an apartment complex. Under current law, the
penalty for an offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon away from a
peace officer, parole officer, or community supervision and corrections
department officer is a state jail felony. As proposed, H.B. 1600, filed in
honor of John Anthony "Rocky" Riojas, increases the penalty for such an
offense to a felony of the third degree.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 38.14(e), Penal Code, to provide that an offense
under this section is a third degree felony, rather than a state jail
felony. 

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.