78R2826 KCR-F

By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 512



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat.             
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 22.07, Penal Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as 
follows:
	(b)  An offense under Subdivision (1) or (2) of Subsection 
(a) is a Class B misdemeanor, except that an offense under 
Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor if the 
offense is committed against a member of the actor's family or 
household or against a public servant.  An offense under 
Subdivision (3) of Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor.  An 
offense under Subdivision (4) of Subsection (a) is a felony of the 
third degree.
	(c)  In this section:                                                   
		(1)  "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section 
71.003, Family Code.
		(2)  "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section 
71.005, Family Code.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.