79R2097 RMB-D

By:  Reyna                                                        H.B. No. 581



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of stealing or receiving 
a stolen check or similar sight order.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.24(b), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(b)  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 on the date the offense is 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.