1-1 By: McClendon, Jones of Bexar (Senate Sponsor - Madla) H.B. No. 31
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
1-3 May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
1-4 Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a
1-9 vehicle.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 16(b), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
1-12 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (b) The amount of community service work ordered by the
1-14 judge:
1-15 (1) may not exceed 1,000 hours and may not be less
1-16 than 320 hours for an offense classified as a first degree felony;
1-17 (2) may not exceed 800 hours and may not be less than
1-18 240 hours for an offense classified as a second degree felony;
1-19 (3) may not exceed 600 hours and may not be less than
1-20 160 hours for an offense classified as a third degree felony;
1-21 (4) may not exceed 400 hours and may not be less than
1-22 120 hours for an offense classified as a state jail felony;
1-23 (5) may not:
1-24 (A) exceed 600 hours or be less than 160 hours
1-25 for an offense under Section 30.04, Penal Code, classified as a
1-26 Class A misdemeanor; or
1-27 (B) exceed 200 hours or [and may not] be less
1-28 than 80 hours for any other [an] offense classified as a Class A
1-29 misdemeanor or for any other misdemeanor for which the maximum
1-30 permissible confinement, if any, exceeds six months or the maximum
1-31 permissible fine, if any, exceeds $4,000; and
1-32 (6) may not exceed 100 hours and may not be less than
1-33 24 hours for an offense classified as a Class B misdemeanor or for
1-34 any other misdemeanor for which the maximum permissible
1-35 confinement, if any, does not exceed six months and the maximum
1-36 permissible fine, if any, does not exceed $4,000.
1-37 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-38 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-39 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-40 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-41 before the effective date.
1-42 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-43 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-44 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-45 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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