| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses |
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| 6 | 8 | | committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are |
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| 9 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | (b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section |
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| 11 | 13 | | applies only to an offense under: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (1) Section 22.01; |
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| 13 | 15 | | (2) Section 28.02; |
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| 14 | 16 | | (3) Section 29.02; |
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| 15 | 17 | | (4) [(3)] Section 30.02; |
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| 16 | 18 | | (5) Section 30.04; |
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| 17 | 19 | | (6) Section 30.05; and |
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| 18 | 20 | | (7) [(4)] Section 31.03. |
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| 19 | 21 | | (c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(1), (5), (6), |
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| 20 | 22 | | or (7) [(4)] is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the minimum |
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| 21 | 23 | | term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180 days. If an |
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| 22 | 24 | | offense listed under Subsection (b)(2), [(b)(3) or] (4), or (7) is |
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| 23 | 25 | | punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment for that |
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| 24 | 26 | | offense may not be increased under this section. |
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| 25 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 12.50(d), Penal Code, is repealed. |
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| 26 | 28 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 27 | 29 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 28 | 30 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 29 | 31 | | governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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| 30 | 32 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 31 | 33 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 32 | 34 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 33 | 35 | | before that date. |
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| 34 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the Senate on |
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| 38 | | - | April 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 41 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the House on |
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| 42 | | - | May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, two |
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| 43 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | | - | Approved: |
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| 47 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Date |
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| 49 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | | - | Governor |
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