78R5991 EMT-D

By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 1290



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the offense of interference with an emergency telephone 
call.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.062(d), Penal Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	(d)  In this section, "emergency" means a condition or 
circumstance in which any individual is or is reasonably believed 
by the individual making a telephone call to be in imminent danger 
of [serious] bodily injury or in which property is or is reasonably 
believed by the individual making the telephone call to be in 
imminent danger of damage or destruction.
	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 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 was committed before that date.