1-1     By:  Morrison, Hopson, Menendez, et al.               H.B. No. 2098
 1-2          (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)
 1-3           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2001;
 1-4     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
 1-5     Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-6     Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the punishment for the offense of unlawful restraint.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 20.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-12     as follows:
1-13           (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
1-14     except that the offense is [unless]:
1-15                 (1)  a state jail felony if the person restrained was a
1-16     child younger than 17 years of age[, in which event the offense is
1-17     a state jail felony]; or
1-18                 (2)  a felony of the third degree if:
1-19                       (A)  the actor recklessly exposes the victim to a
1-20     substantial risk of serious bodily injury; or
1-21                       (B)  the actor restrains an individual the actor
1-22     knows is a public servant while the public servant is lawfully
1-23     discharging an official duty or in retaliation or on account of an
1-24     exercise of official power or performance of an official duty as a
1-25     public servant[, in which event it is a felony of the third
1-26     degree].
1-27           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-28     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-29     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-30     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-31     before the effective date.
1-32           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-33     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-34     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-35           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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