TO: | Honorable Byron Cook, Chair, House Committee on State Affairs |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB793 by Lozano (Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the smuggling of persons.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Penal Code as it relates to the offense of smuggling of persons. The bill adds assists, guides, or directs three or more individuals to enter or remain on agricultural land without the effective consent of the owner to the definition of this offense. Under current law smuggling of persons is a state jail felony or third degree felony, depending upon the circumstances. The bill also adds to the circumstances that make the offense a third degree felony that the person involved in the offense knowingly possessed a firearm.
A state jail felony is punishable by confinement in a state jail for a term of 180 days to two years and, in addition to confinement, a fine not to exceed $10,000. A third-degree felony is punishable by confinement in prison for a term of two to ten years and, in addition to confinement, an optional fine not to exceed $10,000.
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LBB Staff: | UP, GG, JPo
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