By:  Zaffirini                                                            S.B. No. 80



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of reckless discharge of 
a firearm in certain municipalities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.12(b), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.  
Section 12.35(c)(1) does not apply to the punishment for an offense 
under this section [Class A misdemeanor].
	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.  For 
purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the 
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before that date.
	(c)  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.