79R7066 UM-F

By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 2294



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the venue for certain crimes regarding misapplication 
of property.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 
amended by adding Article 13.30 to read as follows:
	Art. 13.30.  MISAPPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY.  (a)  An 
offender who misapplies property held as a fiduciary or property of 
a financial institution in one county and removes the property to 
another county may be prosecuted in either the county where the 
offender misapplied the property or in any other county through or 
into which the offender removed the property.
	(b)  An offense related to misapplication of construction 
trust funds under Chapter 162, Property Code, must be prosecuted in 
the county where the construction project is located.
	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 was committed before that 
date.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.