82R2169 PEP-F
 
  By: Harless, Fletcher, Riddle H.B. No. 305
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the punishment prescribed for 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,
 
  except that[:
               
               [(1)     the offense is a Class A misdemeanor with
 
  a     minimum term of confinement of six months if it is shown on the
 
  trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously
 
  convicted of an offense under this section; and
               
               [(2)]  the offense is a state jail felony if:
               
               (1) [(A)]  it is shown on the trial of the offense that
 
  the defendant has been previously convicted [two or more times] of
 
  an offense under this section; or
               
               (2) [(B)]  the vehicle or part of the vehicle broken
 
  into or entered is a rail car.
         
         SECTION 2.  Sections 3(h) and 4(f), Article 42.12, Code of
 
  Criminal Procedure, are repealed.
         
         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.  
 
  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. For
 
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
 
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
 
  before that date.
         
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.