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S.B. No. 408
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.07, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) An offense under Subdivision (1) or (2) of Subsection
(a) is a Class B misdemeanor, except that an offense under
Subdivision (2) of Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor if the
offense is committed against a member of the person's family or
household or otherwise constitutes family violence or if the
offense is committed against a public servant. An offense under
Subdivision (3) of Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor. An
offense under Subdivision (4) of Subsection (a) is a felony of the
third degree.
(c) In this section:
(1) "Family" has the meaning assigned by Section
71.003, Family Code.
(2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by
Section 71.004, Family Code.
(3) "Household" has the meaning assigned by Section
71.005, Family Code.
SECTION 2. (a) 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.
(b) 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.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 408 passed the Senate on
April 8, 2003, by a viva-voce vote; and that the Senate concurred
in House amendment on May 9, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 408 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 6, 2003, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor