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.
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