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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of graffiti. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.08(d), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if: |
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(1) the marking is made on a school, an institution of |
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higher education, a place of worship or human burial, a public |
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monument, a historic structure or property, or a community center |
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that provides medical, social, or educational programs; and |
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(2) the amount of the pecuniary loss to real property |
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or to tangible personal property is less than $20,000. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.08(e), Penal Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: |
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(2-a) "Historic structure or property" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 315.006, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 3. 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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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |