1-1 By: Jones of Bexar, et al. H.B. No. 1600 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 28, 2001; 1-4 March 29, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-5 Criminal Justice; April 30, 2001, reported adversely, with 1-6 favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1-7 0; April 30, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-8 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1600 By: West 1-9 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-10 AN ACT 1-11 relating to the punishment for the offense of taking or attempting 1-12 to take a weapon from a peace officer, parole officer, or community 1-13 supervision and corrections department officer. 1-14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-15 SECTION 1. Section 38.14(e), Penal Code, is amended to read 1-16 as follows: 1-17 (e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third 1-18 degree if the defendant took a weapon described by Subsection (b) 1-19 from an officer described by Subsection (b) and is a state jail 1-20 felony if the defendant attempted to take the weapon from the 1-21 officer. 1-22 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 1-23 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 1-24 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 1-25 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 1-26 before the effective date. 1-27 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 1-28 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 1-29 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-30 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-31 * * * * *