1-1     By:  Capelo (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire)               H.B. No. 1181
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001;
 1-3     May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
 1-4     Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the punishment for the offense of obstruction or
 1-9     retaliation.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 36.06(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-12     as follows:
1-13           (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-14     degree unless the victim of the offense was harmed or threatened
1-15     because of the victim's service or status as a juror, in which
1-16     event the offense is a felony of the second degree.
1-17           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-18     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-19     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-20     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-21     before the effective date.
1-22           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-23     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-24     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-25           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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