80R1024 BDH-D
 
  By: Patrick, Dan S.B. No. 1327
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 30.04(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
       (d)  An offense under this section is a [Class A misdemeanor
unless the vehicle or part of the vehicle broken into or entered is
a rail car, in which event the offense is a] state jail felony.
       SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For the
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was
committed before that date.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.