79R367 UM-D

By:  Hilderbran                                                   H.B. No. 505



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the discharge of a firearm across a property line; 
providing a penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Parks and Wildlife 
Code, is amended by adding Section 62.018 to read as follows:
	Sec. 62.018.  DISCHARGE OF FIREARM ACROSS PROPERTY LINE.  
(a)  In this section, "firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 
62.014(a)(1).
	(b)  A person commits an offense if:                                    
		(1)  the person knowingly discharges a firearm; and                    
		(2)  the projectile from the firearm travels across a 
property line. 
	(c)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that 
the person owns the property on both sides of each property line 
crossed by the projectile.
	(d)  An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and 
Wildlife Code misdemeanor.
	(e)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section 
also constitutes an offense under a section of the Penal Code, the 
person may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.