| 1 | 1 | | By: Parker, Creighton S.B. No. 1266 |
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| 2 | 2 | | Zaffirini |
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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 increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses |
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| 8 | 8 | | committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. |
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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. Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section |
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| 13 | 13 | | applies only to an offense under: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) Section 20.05; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) Section 20.06; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (3) Section 20.07; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (4) Section 22.01; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (5) [(2)] Section 28.02; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (6) [(3)] Section 29.02; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (7) [(4)] Section 30.02; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (8) [(5)] Section 30.03; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (9) [(6)] Section 30.04; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (10) [(7)] Section 30.05; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (11) [(8)] Section 31.03. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(1), (5), |
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| 26 | 26 | | (6), (7), or (8)] is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the |
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| 27 | 27 | | minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180 |
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| 28 | 28 | | days. If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(2), (4), or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (8)] is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment |
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| 30 | 30 | | for that offense may not be increased under this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 32 | 32 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 34 | 34 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 35 | 35 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 36 | 36 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 37 | 37 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 38 | 38 | | before that date. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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