82R66 GCB-D
By: Bonnen H.B. No. 1410
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of attempted murder.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 15.01, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [An] offense
under this section is one category lower than the offense
attempted, and if the offense attempted is a state jail felony, the
offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
(e) If the offense attempted is murder under Section 19.02,
the offense is punishable by imprisonment in the institutional
division for any term of not more than 30 years or less than 2 years.
In addition to imprisonment, an individual adjudged guilty of
attempted murder may be punished by a fine not to exceed $10,000.
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
covered by the law in effect when 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.