78R3940 EMT-D
By: West H.B. No. 852
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of harassment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.07(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,
except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if:
(1) the actor has previously been convicted under this
section; or
(2) the victim was younger than 17 years of age at the
time of the commission of the offense and the communication was
obscene.
SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
offense committed on or after September 1, 2003. An offense
committed before September 1, 2003, 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 subsection, an
offense was committed before September 1, 2003, if any element of
the offense was committed before that date.