88R1534 LHC-D
 
  By: Murr H.B. No. 208
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the punishment for certain controlled substance
  offenses committed in a drug-free zone; increasing criminal
  penalties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 481.134(b) and (c), Health and Safety
  Code, as amended by Chapters 584 (S.B. 768) and 807 (H.B. 1540),
  Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, are reenacted
  and amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An offense otherwise punishable as a state jail felony
  under Section 481.112, 481.1121, 481.1123, 481.113, 481.114, or
  481.120 is punishable as a felony of the third degree, an offense
  otherwise punishable as a felony of the third degree under any of
  those sections is punishable as a felony of the second degree, and
  an offense otherwise punishable as a felony of the second degree
  under any of those sections is punishable as a felony of the first
  degree, if it is shown at the punishment phase of the trial of the
  offense that the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of premises owned,
  rented, or leased by an institution of higher education [learning],
  the premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground;
               (2)  in, on, or within 300 feet of the premises of a
  public swimming pool or video arcade facility; or
               (3)  by any unauthorized person 18 years of age or
  older, in, on, or within 1,000 feet of premises owned, rented, or
  leased by a general residential operation operating as a
  residential treatment center.
         (c)  The minimum term of confinement or imprisonment for an
  offense otherwise punishable under Section 481.112(d) [481.112(c),
  (d)], (e), or (f), 481.1121(b)(3) [481.1121(b)(2), (3),] or (4),
  481.1123(d) [481.1123(c), (d)], (e), or (f), 481.113(d)
  [481.113(c), (d),] or (e), 481.114(d) [481.114(c), (d),] or (e),
  481.115(c), (d), (e), or (f) [481.115(c)-(f)], 481.1151(b)(2),
  (3), (4), or (5), 481.116(c), (d), or (e), 481.1161(b)(4), (5), or
  (6), 481.117(c), (d), or (e), 481.118(c), (d), or (e),
  481.120(b)(5) [481.120(b)(4), (5),] or (6), or 481.121(b)(4), (5),
  or (6) is increased by five years and the maximum fine for the
  offense is doubled if it is shown on the trial of the offense that
  the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a
  school, the premises of a public or private youth center, or a
  playground;
               (2)  on a school bus; or
               (3)  by any unauthorized person 18 years of age or
  older, in, on, or within 1,000 feet of premises owned, rented, or
  leased by a general residential operation operating as a
  residential treatment center.
         SECTION 2.  Section 481.134, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section
  481.112(c), 481.1121(b)(2), 481.1123(c), 481.113(c), 481.114(c),
  or 481.120(b)(4) is a felony of the first degree if it is shown on
  the trial of the offense that the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property
  that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         SECTION 3.  Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant adjudged
  guilty of an offense under:
               (1)  Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable as a felony of the first degree;
               (2)  Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder);
               (3)  Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder);
               (4)  Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated
  Kidnapping);
               (5)  Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of
  Persons);
               (6)  Section 20A.03, Penal Code (Continuous
  Trafficking of Persons);
               (7)  Section 21.11, Penal Code (Indecency with a
  Child);
               (8)  Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault);
               (9)  Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual
  Assault);
               (10)  Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a
  Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if:
                     (A)  the offense is punishable as a felony of the
  first degree; and
                     (B)  the victim of the offense is a child;
               (11)  Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery);
               (12)  Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if:
                     (A)  the offense is punishable under Subsection
  (d) of that section; and
                     (B)  the actor committed the offense with the
  intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011,
  22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code;
               (13)  Section 43.04, Penal Code (Aggravated Promotion
  of Prostitution);
               (14)  Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling
  Prostitution);
               (15)  Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual Performance by
  a Child);
               (16)  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for which
  punishment is increased under:
                     (A)  Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in
  Commission of Offense); or
                     (B)  Section 481.134(c), (c-1), (d), (e), or (f)
  of that code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has
  been previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was
  increased under any of those subsections; or
               (17)  Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code
  (Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-B), if the
  offense is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that
  section.
         SECTION 4.  Article 42A.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 42A.056.  LIMITATION ON JURY-RECOMMENDED COMMUNITY
  SUPERVISION.  A defendant is not eligible for community supervision
  under Article 42A.055 if the defendant:
               (1)  is sentenced to a term of imprisonment that
  exceeds 10 years;
               (2)  is convicted of a state jail felony for which
  suspension of the imposition of the sentence occurs automatically
  under Article 42A.551;
               (3)  is adjudged guilty of an offense under Section
  19.02, Penal Code;
               (4)  is convicted of an offense under Section 21.11,
  22.011, or 22.021, Penal Code, if the victim of the offense was
  younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was committed;
               (5)  is convicted of an offense under Section 20.04,
  Penal Code, if:
                     (A)  the victim of the offense was younger than 14
  years of age at the time the offense was committed; and
                     (B)  the actor committed the offense with the
  intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually;
               (6)  is convicted of an offense under Section 20A.02,
  20A.03, 43.04, 43.05, or 43.25, Penal Code;
               (7)  is convicted of an offense for which punishment is
  increased under Section 481.134(c), (c-1), (d), (e), or (f), Health
  and Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been
  previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was
  increased under any of those subsections; or
               (8)  is convicted of an offense under Section 481.1123,
  Health and Safety Code, if the offense is punishable under
  Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that section.
         SECTION 5.  Article 42A.102(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  In all other cases, the judge may grant deferred
  adjudication community supervision unless:
               (1)  the defendant is charged with an offense:
                     (A)  under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 49.045, 49.05,
  49.065, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code;
                     (B)  under Section 49.04 or 49.06, Penal Code,
  and, at the time of the offense:
                           (i)  the defendant held a commercial
  driver's license or a commercial learner's permit; or
                           (ii)  the defendant's alcohol concentration,
  as defined by Section 49.01, Penal Code, was 0.15 or more;
                     (C)  for which punishment may be increased under
  Section 49.09, Penal Code;
                     (D)  for which punishment may be increased under
  Section 481.134(c), (c-1), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety
  Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been previously
  convicted of an offense for which punishment was increased under
  any one of those subsections; or
                     (E)  under Section 481.1123, Health and Safety
  Code, that is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that
  section;
               (2)  the defendant:
                     (A)  is charged with an offense under Section
  21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code, regardless of
  the age of the victim, or a felony described by Article 42A.453(b),
  other than a felony described by Subdivision (1)(A) or (3)(B) of
  this subsection; and
                     (B)  has previously been placed on community
  supervision for an offense under Paragraph (A);
               (3)  the defendant is charged with an offense under:
                     (A)  Section 21.02, Penal Code; or
                     (B)  Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is
  punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section
  12.42(c)(3) or (4), Penal Code; or
               (4)  the defendant is charged with an offense under
  Section 19.02, Penal Code, except that the judge may grant deferred
  adjudication community supervision on determining that the
  defendant did not cause the death of the deceased, did not intend to
  kill the deceased or another, and did not anticipate that a human
  life would be taken.
         SECTION 6.  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 was
  committed before that date.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.