78R3346 KCR-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 1351



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for certain conduct involving prohibited 
weapons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 46.05(e), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(e)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third 
degree, except that the offense is:
		(1)  a Class A misdemeanor if [unless it is ] committed 
under Subsection (a)(5); and
		(2)  [or (a)(6), in which event, it is] a Class B [A] 
misdemeanor if committed under Subsection (a)(6).
	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 the purposes of this subsection, an 
offense was committed before September 1, 2003, if any element of 
the offense occurred before that date.