83R7647 ADM-D
By: Johnson H.B. No. 1284
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of making or causing a false alarm or report
involving a public or private institution of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.06(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor
unless the false report is of an emergency involving a public or
private institution of higher education or involving a public
primary or secondary school, public communications, public
transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public
service, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
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, 2013.