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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty of cruelty to |
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nonlivestock animals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.092 Penal Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Section 42.092. CRUELTY TO NONLIVESTOCK ANIMALS |
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(a) (9) "Deadly Weapon" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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1.07 (a) (17)(A) & (B) |
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(c) An offense under Subsection (b) (3), (4), (5), (6), or |
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(9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state |
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jail felony if the person has previously been convicted two times |
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under this section, two times under Section 42.09, or one time under |
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this section and one time under Section 42.09, or intentionally or |
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knowingly committed the offense with the use of a deadly weapon. |
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(c-1) An offense under Subsection (b) (1) or (2) is a felony |
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of a third degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second |
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degree if the person has a previously been convicted under |
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Subsection (b)(1), (2), (7), or (8) or under Section 42.09, or |
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intentionally or knowingly committed the offense with the use of a |
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deadly weapon. |
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(c-2) An offense under Subsection (b)(7) or (8) is a state |
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jail felony , except that the offense is a felony of the third |
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degree if the person has previously been convicted under this |
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section or under Section 42.09, or intentionally or knowingly |
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committed the offense with the use of a deadly weapon. |
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Section 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |