By: Haywood S.B. No. 340
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the penalty for threats of violence against certain
1-3 persons.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22.07, Penal Code, is amended by amending
1-6 Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [An] offense
1-9 under Subdivision (1) or (2) of Subsection (a) is a Class B
1-10 misdemeanor.
1-11 (c) An offense under Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) is a
1-12 Class A misdemeanor if it is committed against a member of the
1-13 person's family or household or against a public servant.
1-14 (d) An offense under Subdivision (3) of Subsection (a) is a
1-15 Class A misdemeanor.
1-16 (e) An offense under Subdivision (4) of Subsection (a) is a
1-17 felony of the third degree.
1-18 (f) In this section:
1-19 (1) "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-20 71.003, Family Code.
1-21 (2) "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-22 71.005, Family Code.
1-23 (3) "Public servant" has the meaning assigned by
1-24 Section 1.07.
1-25 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
2-1 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
2-2 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
2-3 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
2-4 before that date.
2-5 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
2-6 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-7 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.