80R802 BDH-D
 
  By: Farrar H.B. No. 303
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.
       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 [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 if:
             (1)  the actor has been previously convicted of an
offense under this section; or
             (2)  the vehicle or part of the vehicle broken into or
entered is a rail car.
       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
governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For the
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, 2007.