78R7736 KCR-D


By:  Riddle                                                       H.B. No. 1872


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 30.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A person commits an offense if he enters or remains on or in property, including an aircraft or other vehicle, of another without effective consent or he enters or remains in a building of another without effective consent and he: (1) had notice that the entry was forbidden; or (2) received notice to depart but failed to do so. 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 was committed before that date.