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79R112 EMT-F

By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 365



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of 
coin-operated or coin collection machines.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 30.03(c), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, 
except that the offense is a state jail felony if it is shown on the 
trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously 
convicted of an offense under this section.
	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 occurred before that date.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.