By: Parker, Creighton S.B. No. 1266
Zaffirini
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses
committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section
applies only to an offense under:
(1) Section 20.05;
(2) Section 20.06;
(3) Section 20.07;
(4) Section 22.01;
(5) [(2)] Section 28.02;
(6) [(3)] Section 29.02;
(7) [(4)] Section 30.02;
(8) [(5)] Section 30.03;
(9) [(6)] Section 30.04;
(10) [(7)] Section 30.05; and
(11) [(8)] Section 31.03.
(c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(1), (5),
(6), (7), or (8)] is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the
minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180
days. If an offense listed under Subsection (b) [(b)(2), (4), or
(8)] is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment
for that offense may not be increased under this section.
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, 2023.