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	Amend SB 1097 on third reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the 
other SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 30.05(b), Penal Code, is amended by 
adding Subdivision (8) to read as follows:
		(8)  "Residential land" means real property improved by 
a dwelling and zoned for or otherwise authorized for single-family 
or multifamily use.
	SECTION ____.  Section 30.05, Penal Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (k) to 
read as follows:
	(c)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that 
the actor at the time of the offense was:
		(1)  a fire fighter or emergency medical services 
personnel, as [that term is] defined by Section 773.003, Health and 
Safety Code, acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty 
under exigent circumstances;
		(2)  an employee or agent of an electric utility, as 
defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code, or an employee or agent 
of a gas utility, as defined by Section 101.003 or 121.001, 
Utilities Code, who was performing a duty within the scope of 
employment or agency; or
		(3)  a person who was:                                                 
			(A)  employed by or acting as agent for an entity 
that had, or that the person reasonably believed had, effective 
consent or authorization provided by law to enter the property; and
			(B)  performing a duty within the scope of that 
employment or agency.
	(d-1)  An offense under Subsection (k) is a Class C 
misdemeanor unless it is committed in a building or habitation or 
unless the actor carries a deadly weapon on or about the actor's 
person during the commission of the offense, in which event it is a 
Class A misdemeanor.
	(k)  A person commits an offense if without express consent 
or if without authorization provided by any law, whether in writing 
or other form, the person:
		(1)  enters or remains on residential land of another; 
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		(2)  had notice that the entry was forbidden or 
received notice to depart but failed to do so.