By Goodman H.B. No. 599
77R179 JMC-D
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.