By Van de Putte                                        S.B. No. 727
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the punishment for the offense of taking a weapon from
 1-3     a peace officer, parole officer, or community supervision and
 1-4     corrections department officer.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 38.14(e), Penal Code, is amended to read
 1-7     as follows:
 1-8           (e)  An offense under this section is a [state jail] felony
 1-9     of the third degree.
1-10           SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-11     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-12     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-13     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-14     before the effective date.
1-15           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-16     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-17     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-18           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.