78R591 ATP-D
By: Hopson H.B. No. 1373
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalties for making a false bomb threat and
committing an offense involving a hoax bomb.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.06(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor
unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public
primary or secondary school, public communications, public
transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public
service, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree
[state jail felony].
SECTION 2. Section 46.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree [Class A misdemeanor].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and
applies only to an offense committed on or after that date. 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.