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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of reckless |
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discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities and counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 42.12, Penal Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 42.12. RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF FIREARM IN CERTAIN |
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MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 42.12(a) and (d), Penal Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person recklessly |
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discharges a firearm: |
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(1) inside the corporate limits of a municipality |
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having a population of 100,000 or more; or |
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(2) in a county with a population of 500,000 or more. |
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(d) Subsection (a) does not affect the authority of a county |
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or municipality under other law to enact an order or ordinance which |
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prohibits the discharge of a firearm. |
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SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |