By: Lozano H.B. No. 770
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of bail
jumping and failure to appear.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.10, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(d) Except as otherwise provided by this section [in
Subsections (e) and (f)], an offense under this section is a Class A
misdemeanor.
(g) An offense under this section is a felony of the first
degree if the offense for which the actor's appearance was required
is an offense under Section 19.02 (murder) or 19.03 (capital
murder).
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.