By Jones of Bexar, Hinojosa, Martinez Fischer, H.B. No. 1600
Uresti, Menendez, et al.
77R6117 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of taking a weapon from
1-3 a peace officer, parole officer, or community supervision and
1-4 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 [state jail] felony
1-9 of the third degree.
1-10 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-11 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-12 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-13 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-14 before the effective date.
1-15 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-16 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-17 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.