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By: Phillips Senate Sponsor-Deuell |
H.B. No. 442 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2007; |
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April 17, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Criminal Justice; May 21, 2007, reported favorably, as amended, by |
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the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 21, 2007, sent to |
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printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to taking or attempting to take a stun gun from a peace |
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officer or certain other officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.14(a)(2), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(2) "Stun gun" means an electronic [a] device that |
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emits an electrical charge and is designed and primarily employed |
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to incapacitate [propel darts or other projectiles attached to
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wires that, on contact, will deliver an electrical pulse capable of
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incapacitating] a person or animal through: |
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(A) direct contact with electrodes on the device; |
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(B) a projection of wired probes attached to the |
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device; or |
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(C) a spark or a stream of plasma or ionized gas |
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or another conductive stream emitting from the device. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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