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| 1 | 1 | By: Nelson S.B. No. 947 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Geren) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to adverse possession of real property as a defense to | |
| 8 | 8 | certain offenses against property. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 30.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsection (e) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section | |
| 13 | 13 | that the actor is attempting to take ownership of the real property | |
| 14 | 14 | through adverse possession or a claim of adverse possession unless | |
| 15 | 15 | the actor has full title subject to Section 16.030, Civil Practice | |
| 16 | 16 | and Remedies Code. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 18 | 18 | an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | |
| 19 | 19 | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | |
| 20 | 20 | by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former | |
| 21 | 21 | law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this | |
| 22 | 22 | section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |