1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the offense of the unlawful possession of metal or body
1-3 armor by a felon.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Section 46.041 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 46.041. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METAL OR BODY ARMOR BY
1-8 FELON. (a) In this section, "metal or body armor" means any body
1-9 covering manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of
1-10 protecting a person against gunfire.
1-11 (b) A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an
1-12 offense if after the conviction the person possesses metal or body
1-13 armor.
1-14 (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-15 degree.
1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 84 was passed by the House on April
5, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 84 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor