By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 304
	(In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2005; February 7, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
April 13, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, 
Nays 0; April 13, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 30.05, Penal Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if he enters or remains on or 
in property, including a recreational vehicle park and an aircraft 
or other vehicle, of another without effective consent or he enters 
or remains in a building of another without effective consent and 
he:
		(1)  had notice that the entry was forbidden; or                              
		(2)  received notice to depart but failed to do so.                           
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 30.05, Penal Code, is 
amended by adding Subdivision (7) to read as follows:
		(7)  "Recreational vehicle park" means a tract of land 
that has rental spaces for two or more recreational vehicles, as 
defined by Section 522.004, Transportation Code.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 
the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before the effective date.
	(b)  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.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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