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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing criminal penalties for the offense of making |
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a firearm accessible to a child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 46.13(d) and (e), Penal Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an offense under |
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this section is a Class B [C] misdemeanor. |
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(e) An offense under this section is a state jail felony |
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[Class A misdemeanor] if the child discharges the firearm and |
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causes death or serious bodily injury to the child [himself] or |
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another person. |
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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, 2019. |