84R7073 GCB-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 981
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of manslaughter; increasing the penalty for
certain offenders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
degree, except that an offense is a felony of the first degree if:
(1) the actor delivered a controlled substance to the
individual in violation of Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;
(2) the individual consumed the controlled substance
without altering the substance; and
(3) the individual's death resulted from the
consumption of the controlled substance.
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 was
committed before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.