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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center                                                                                                     H.B. 1092

80R2661 RMB-F                                                                                  By: Hilderbran (Wentworth)

                                                                                                                                   Criminal Justice

                                                                                                                                            5/13/2007

                                                                                                                                           Engrossed

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

Law enforcement officers are unsure of their ability to act when a trespass of any kind occurs in a recreational vehicle park. 

 

H.B. 1092 establishes that it is a criminal offense if a person enters or remains in a recreational vehicle park under certain conditions.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Section 30.05(a), Penal Code, to provide that a person commits an offense if the person enters or remains on or in property, including a recreational vehicle park, of another without effective consent or the person remains in a building of another without effective consent and the person had notice that the entry was forbidden or received notice to depart but failed to do so.

 

SECTION 2. Amends Section 30.05(b), Penal Code, by adding Subdivision (8) to define "recreational vehicle park."

 

SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective.

 

SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 2007.