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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the offense of making or causing a false alarm or report |
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involving a public or private institution of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.06(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor |
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unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public or |
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private institution of higher education or involving a public |
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primary or secondary school, public communications, public |
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transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public |
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service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony. |
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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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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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |