80R2661 RMB-F
 
  By: Hilderbran H.B. No. 1092
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 30.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
       (a)  A person commits an offense if the person [he] enters or
remains on or in property, including a recreational vehicle park or
an aircraft or other vehicle, of another without effective consent
or the person [he] enters or remains in a building of another
without effective consent and the person [he]:
             (1)  had notice that the entry was forbidden; or
             (2)  received notice to depart but failed to do so.
       SECTION 2.  Section 30.05(b), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (8) to read as follows:
             (8)  "Recreational vehicle park" means a tract of land
that has rental spaces for two or more recreational vehicles, as
defined by Section 522.004, Transportation Code.
       SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only to
an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
before the effective date.  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.
       SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.