| 1 | 1 | | By: Fletcher, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 718 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 2, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | 4 | | Justice; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the period in which a person commits the offense of |
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| 11 | 11 | | funeral service disruption. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.055(b), Penal Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) A person commits an offense if, during the period |
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| 16 | 16 | | beginning three hours [one hour] before the service begins and |
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| 17 | 17 | | ending three hours [one hour] after the service is completed, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | person engages in picketing within 1,000 feet of a facility or |
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| 19 | 19 | | cemetery being used for a funeral service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 21 | 21 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 22 | 22 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 23 | 23 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 24 | 24 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 25 | 25 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 26 | 26 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 27 | 27 | | before that date. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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