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Amend HB 4448 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 28.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor used a shotgun to damage or destroy an unmanned aircraft that was being operated:
(1) in violation of Section 423.0045, Government Code; and
(2) over the actor's property.
SECTION ____. Section 28.03, Penal Code, as amended 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.