85R3080 JRR-D
By: Lozano, Lang H.B. No. 790
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of an illegal knife.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 46.01(6), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(6) "Illegal knife" means a:
(A) knife with a blade over five and one-half
inches;
(B) hand instrument designed to cut or stab
another by being thrown;
(C) [dagger, including but not limited to a dirk,
stiletto, and poniard;
[(D)] bowie knife;
(D) [(E)] sword; or
(E) [(F)] spear.
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, 2017.