| 1 | 1 | | 87R843 TSS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 694 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass |
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| 8 | 8 | | offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with |
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| 13 | 13 | | committing an offense under: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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| 15 | 15 | | offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that |
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| 16 | 16 | | section; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the |
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| 18 | 18 | | offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that |
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| 19 | 19 | | section; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 21 | 21 | | punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 23 | 23 | | punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) of that section; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3-a) Section 30.05, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 25 | 25 | | punishable under Subsection (d)(1) of that section; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 27 | 27 | | punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 29 | 29 | | punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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| 31 | 31 | | punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | amended by this Act, applies only to an offense committed on or |
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| 35 | 35 | | after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before |
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| 36 | 36 | | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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| 37 | 37 | | the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued |
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| 38 | 38 | | in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an |
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| 39 | 39 | | offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any |
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| 40 | 40 | | element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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