By: Nelson S.B. No. 947
(Geren)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to adverse possession of real property as a defense to
certain offenses against property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section
that the actor is attempting to take ownership of the real property
through adverse possession or a claim of adverse possession unless
the actor has full title subject to Section 16.030, Civil Practice
and Remedies Code.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 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 occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.