By McClendon, Jones of Bexar H.B. No. 31
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a
1-3 vehicle.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 16(b), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
1-6 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) The amount of community service work ordered by the
1-8 judge:
1-9 (1) may not exceed 1,000 hours and may not be less
1-10 than 320 hours for an offense classified as a first degree felony;
1-11 (2) may not exceed 800 hours and may not be less than
1-12 240 hours for an offense classified as a second degree felony;
1-13 (3) may not exceed 600 hours and may not be less than
1-14 160 hours for an offense classified as a third degree felony;
1-15 (4) may not exceed 400 hours and may not be less than
1-16 120 hours for an offense classified as a state jail felony;
1-17 (5) may not:
1-18 (A) exceed 600 hours or be less than 160 hours
1-19 for an offense under Section 30.04, Penal Code, classified as a
1-20 Class A misdemeanor; or
1-21 (B) exceed 200 hours or [and may not] be less
1-22 than 80 hours for any other [an] offense classified as a Class A
1-23 misdemeanor or for any other misdemeanor for which the maximum
1-24 permissible confinement, if any, exceeds six months or the maximum
2-1 permissible fine, if any, exceeds $4,000; and
2-2 (6) may not exceed 100 hours and may not be less than
2-3 24 hours for an offense classified as a Class B misdemeanor or for
2-4 any other misdemeanor for which the maximum permissible
2-5 confinement, if any, does not exceed six months and the maximum
2-6 permissible fine, if any, does not exceed $4,000.
2-7 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
2-8 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
2-9 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
2-10 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
2-11 before the effective date.
2-12 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-13 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-14 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-15 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.