By Flores H.B. No. 1796
77R1516 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of making a firearm
1-3 accessible to a child.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 46.13(d) and (e), Penal Code, are amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an offense under
1-8 this section is a state jail felony [Class C misdemeanor].
1-9 (e) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-10 degree [Class A misdemeanor] if the child discharges the firearm
1-11 and causes death or serious bodily injury to himself or another
1-12 person.
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.