By McReynolds                                          H.B. No. 810
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the penalties for making a false bomb threat and
 1-3     committing an offense involving a hoax bomb.
 1-4              BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 42.06(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor
 1-8     unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public
 1-9     primary or secondary school, public communications, public
1-10     transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public
1-11     service, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree
1-12     [state jail felony].
1-13           SECTION 2. Section 46.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-14     as follows:
1-15           (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-16     degree [Class A misdemeanor].
1-17           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-18     applies only to an offense committed on or after that date.  An
1-19     offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
1-20     by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
1-21     law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this
1-22     section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
1-23     Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.