By Goodman                                             H.B. No. 599
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a person who
 1-3     has been adjudicated as having engaged in certain delinquent
 1-4     conduct.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 46.04(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
 1-7     as follows:
 1-8           (a)  A person who has been convicted of a felony or who has
 1-9     been adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in
1-10     delinquent conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of felony
1-11     and for which a juvenile court petition has been approved by the
1-12     grand jury as provided by Section 53.045, Family Code, commits an
1-13     offense if the person [he] possesses a firearm:
1-14                 (1)  after conviction or adjudication and before the
1-15     fifth anniversary of the person's release from confinement or
1-16     commitment following conviction of the felony or adjudication for
1-17     the conduct or the person's release from supervision under
1-18     community supervision, juvenile probation, parole, or mandatory
1-19     supervision, whichever date is later; or
1-20                 (2)  after the period described by Subdivision (1), at
1-21     any location other than the premises at which the person lives.
1-22           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-23     applies only to an offense committed on or after that date.  An
1-24     offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
 2-1     by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
 2-2     law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this
 2-3     section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
 2-4     Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.