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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 attempted murder. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 15.01, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [An] offense |
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under this section is one category lower than the offense |
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attempted, and if the offense attempted is a state jail felony, the |
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offense is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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(e) If the offense attempted is murder under Section 19.02, |
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the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the institutional |
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division for any term of not more than 30 years or less than 2 years. |
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In addition to imprisonment, an individual adjudged guilty of |
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attempted murder may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000. |
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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, 2011. |