By McClendon, Jones of Bexar H.B. No. 31
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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 30.04(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-8 degree [Class A misdemeanor] unless the defendant has previously
1-9 been convicted of an offense under this section or the vehicle or
1-10 part of the vehicle broken into or entered is a rail car, in which
1-11 event the offense is a [state jail] felony of the second degree.
1-12 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-13 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-14 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-15 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-16 before the effective date.
1-17 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-18 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-19 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-21 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
1-22 Amend H.B. 31, as follows:
1-23 Amend Section 1. Section 30.04 (d) by replacing the words "felony
1-24 of the third degree" with "state jail felony" on lines 7 and 8 and
2-1 by replacing "of the second degree" with "of the third degree" on
2-2 line 11.
2-3 Keel