1-1     By:  Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Ogden)                   H.B. No. 84
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
 1-3     April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Criminal Justice; May 9, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the offense of the unlawful possession of metal or body
 1-9     armor by a felon.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Chapter 46, Penal Code, is amended by adding
1-12     Section 46.041 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 46.041.  UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METAL OR BODY ARMOR BY
1-14     FELON.  (a)  In this section, "metal or body armor" means any body
1-15     covering manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of
1-16     protecting a person against gunfire.
1-17           (b)  A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an
1-18     offense if after the conviction the person possesses metal or body
1-19     armor.
1-20           (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-21     degree.
1-22           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-23           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-24     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-25     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-26     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-27     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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