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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated robbery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if he commits robbery as |
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defined in Section 29.02, and he: |
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(1) causes serious bodily injury to another; |
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(2) uses or exhibits a deadly weapon or an object that |
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a reasonable person would believe to be a deadly weapon; or |
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(3) causes bodily injury to another person or |
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threatens or places another person in fear of imminent bodily |
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injury or death, if the other person is: |
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(A) 65 years of age or older; or |
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(B) a disabled person. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
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date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |