1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of taking or attempting 1-3 to take a weapon from a peace officer, parole officer, or community 1-4 supervision and corrections department officer. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 38.14(e), Penal Code, is amended to read 1-7 as follows: 1-8 (e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third 1-9 degree if the defendant took a weapon described by Subsection (b) 1-10 from an officer described by Subsection (b) and is a state jail 1-11 felony if the defendant attempted to take the weapon from the 1-12 officer. 1-13 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 1-14 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 1-15 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 1-16 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 1-17 before the effective date. 1-18 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 1-19 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 1-20 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1600 was passed by the House on March 27, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1600 on May 10, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1600 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 7, 2001, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor