By Kuempel H.B. No. 581
77R1999 JMC-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of disorderly conduct
1-3 involving the making of unreasonable noise.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 42.01(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (d) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor,
1-8 except that the offense is a Class B misdemeanor if:
1-9 (1) [unless] committed under Subsection (a)(9) or
1-10 (a)(10)[, in which event it is a Class B misdemeanor]; or
1-11 (2) committed under Subsection (a)(5) and the
1-12 defendant has previously been convicted under Subsection (a)(5).
1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-14 applies only to an offense committed on or after that date. An
1-15 offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
1-16 by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
1-17 law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
1-18 section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
1-19 Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.