1-1     By:  Haywood                                           S.B. No. 340
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2001; January 23, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     March 6, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 6, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the penalty for threats of violence against certain
 1-9     persons.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 22.07, Penal Code, is amended by amending
1-12     Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) to
1-13     read as follows:
1-14           (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [An] offense
1-15     under Subdivision (1) or (2) of Subsection (a) is a Class B
1-16     misdemeanor.
1-17           (c)  An offense under Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) is a
1-18     Class A misdemeanor if it is committed against a member of the
1-19     person's family or household or against a public servant.
1-20           (d)  An offense under Subdivision (3) of Subsection (a) is a
1-21     Class A misdemeanor.
1-22           (e)  An offense under Subdivision (4) of Subsection (a) is a
1-23     felony of the third degree.
1-24           (f)  In this section:
1-25                 (1)  "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-26     71.003, Family Code.
1-27                 (2)  "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section
1-28     71.005, Family Code.
1-29                 (3)  "Public servant" has the meaning assigned by
1-30     Section 1.07.
1-31           SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-32     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-33     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-34     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-35     before that date.
1-36           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-37     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-38     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-39           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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