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By: Staples S.B. No. 366
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.04(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
except that the offense is a state jail felony if:
(1) it is shown on the trial of the offense that the
defendant has been previously convicted two times under this
section; or
(2) [unless] the vehicle or part of the vehicle broken
into or entered is a rail car[, in which event the offense is a state
jail felony].
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.