78R2876 KCR-D

By:  Truitt                                                       H.B. No. 1565



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 30.04(d), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(d)  An offense under this section is a [Class A misdemeanor 
unless the vehicle or part of the vehicle broken into or entered is 
a rail car, in which event the offense is a] state jail felony.
	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.