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  80R1437 BDH-D
 
  By: Phillips H.B. No. 442
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to taking or attempting to take a Taser or similar device
from a peace officer or certain other officers.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 38.14(a)(2), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
             (2)  "Stun gun" means a device, including a Taser or
similar device, designed to propel darts or other projectiles
attached to wires that, on contact, will deliver an electrical
pulse capable of incapacitating a person.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.