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.