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By:  Van Arsdale                                                  H.B. No. 103



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of possession of a 
gambling device, equipment, or paraphernalia.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 47.06(e), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(e)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony
[Class A misdemeanor].
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.   
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.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.