79R7067 UM-F

By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 2297



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to penalties for repeat and habitual misdemeanor 
offenders.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 12.43(a), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(a)  If it is shown on the trial of a Class A misdemeanor that 
the defendant has been before convicted of a Class A or Class B 
misdemeanor or any degree of felony, on conviction the defendant
[he] shall be punished by:
		(1)  a fine not to exceed $4,000;                                             
		(2)  confinement in jail for any term of not more than 
one year or less than 90 days; or
		(3)  both such fine and confinement.                                          
	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.