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.