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| 1 | 1 | By: Lozano H.B. No. 770 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of bail | |
| 7 | 7 | jumping and failure to appear. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 38.10, Penal Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (g) to read as | |
| 11 | 11 | follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (d) Except as otherwise provided by this section [in | |
| 13 | 13 | Subsections (e) and (f)], an offense under this section is a Class A | |
| 14 | 14 | misdemeanor. | |
| 15 | 15 | (g) An offense under this section is a felony of the first | |
| 16 | 16 | degree if the offense for which the actor's appearance was required | |
| 17 | 17 | is an offense under Section 19.02 (murder) or 19.03 (capital | |
| 18 | 18 | murder). | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 21 | 21 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 22 | 22 | covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the | |
| 23 | 23 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | |
| 24 | 24 | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | |
| 25 | 25 | this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that | |
| 26 | 26 | date. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |