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| 1 | 1 | 87S20186 JRR-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Schaefer H.B. No. 79 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass while | |
| 8 | 8 | entering the state. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 30.055 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 30.055. TRESPASS WHILE ENTERING THE STATE. (a) A | |
| 13 | 13 | person commits an offense if the person enters or remains on or in | |
| 14 | 14 | property of another, without the effective consent of the owner, | |
| 15 | 15 | while entering this state from a neighboring jurisdiction. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, | |
| 17 | 17 | except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on | |
| 18 | 18 | the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously been | |
| 19 | 19 | convicted of an offense under this section. | |
| 20 | 20 | (c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this | |
| 21 | 21 | section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor | |
| 22 | 22 | may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | |
| 23 | 23 | (d) The attorney general has concurrent jurisdiction with | |
| 24 | 24 | the appropriate local county or district attorney to prosecute an | |
| 25 | 25 | offense under this section. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | |
| 27 | 27 | last day of the legislative session. |