84R4305 KJE-D
 
  By: Sheets H.B. No. 822
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of fraudulent
  or fictitious military record.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.54(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A [C]
  misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  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 on the date 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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.