78R4661 GWK-D
By: Delisi H.B. No. 716
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain
sports officials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 22.01(c) and (e), Penal Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C
misdemeanor, except that the [an] offense [under Subsection (a)(3)]
is:
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is [was]
committed under Subsection (a)(3) against an elderly individual or
disabled individual, as those terms are defined by Section 22.04;
or
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed
against a person the actor knows is a sports official either:
(A) while the official is performing duties in
the official's capacity as a sports official; or
(B) in retaliation for or on account of the
official's performance of a duty within the official's capacity as a
sports official.
(e) 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.
(3) "Sports official" means a person who serves in any
official capacity with respect to an interscholastic,
intercollegiate, or other organized amateur or professional
athletic competition and includes a referee, umpire, linesman,
coach, instructor, administrator, or staff member.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
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. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.