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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment of the offense of cruelty to animals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.092(c), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) An offense under Subsection (b)(3), (4), (5), (6), or |
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(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state |
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jail felony if the person has previously been convicted one or more |
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[two] times under this section or one or more [, two] times under |
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Section 42.09[, or one time under this section and one time under
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Section 42.09]. An offense under Subsection (b)(1), (2), (7), or |
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(8) is a state jail felony, except that the offense is a felony of |
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the third degree if the person has previously been convicted one or |
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more [two] times under this section or one or more [, two] times |
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under Section 42.09[, or one time under this section and one time
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under Section 42.09]. |
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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, 2009. |