By: Parker  S.B. No. 1266
         (In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2023; March 9, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 26, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; April 26, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses
  committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The increase in punishment authorized by this section
  applies only to an offense under:
               (1)  Section 20.05;
               (2)  Section 20.06;
               (3)  Section 20.07;
               (4)  Section 22.01;
               (5) [(2)]  Section 28.02;
               (6) [(3)]  Section 29.02;
               (7) [(4)]  Section 30.02;
               (8) [(5)]  Section 30.03;
               (9) [(6)]  Section 30.04;
               (10) [(7)]  Section 30.05; and
               (11) [(8)]  Section 31.03.
         (c)  If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(1), (5),
  (6), (7), or (8)] is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the
  minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180
  days.  If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(2), (4), or
  (8)] is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment
  for that offense may not be increased under this section.
         SECTION 2.  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 occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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