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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass on a |
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docking place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 30.07 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 30.07. TRESPASS ON DOCKING PLACE. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Docking place" includes a pier, wharf, dock, |
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slip, slipway, or any other man-made landing area for ships, boats, |
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or other watercraft. |
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(2) "Enter" means to intrude: |
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(A) any part of the body; or |
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(B) any physical object connected with the body. |
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(3) "Notice" means: |
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(A) oral or written communication by the owner or |
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someone with apparent authority to act for the owner; |
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(B) fencing or other enclosure obviously |
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designed to exclude intruders from the docking place; or |
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(C) a sign or signs posted on a docking place or |
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at the entrance to a docking place, reasonably likely to come to the |
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attention of intruders, indicating that entry is forbidden. |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) enters the docking place of another without the |
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effective consent of the owner or lessee of the docking place; and |
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(2) after receiving notice that entry is forbidden, |
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remains in, on, or attached to the docking place. |
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(c) A person commits an offense if the person, after |
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receiving notice that entering a docking place is forbidden, |
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anchors, ties up, moors, or otherwise makes stationary the actor's |
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ship, boat, or other watercraft at a place or in a manner that |
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eliminates another's ingress or egress from the docking place. |
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(d) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. |
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(e) The defense provided by Section 30.05(c) applies to an |
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offense under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |