Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R5108 JDK-D
2	2	By: Plesa H.B. No. 1713
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of
10	10	criminal mischief involving impairment of electric vehicle supply
11	11	equipment.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 28.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
14	14	as follows:
15	15	(b) Except as provided by Subsections (f) and (h), an
16	16	offense under this section is:
17	17	(1) a Class C misdemeanor if:
18	18	(A) the amount of pecuniary loss is less than
19	19	$100; or
20	20	(B) except as provided in Subdivision (3)(A) or
21	21	(3)(B), it causes substantial inconvenience to others;
22	22	(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary
23	23	loss is $100 or more but less than $750;
24	24	(3) a Class A misdemeanor if:
25	25	(A) the amount of pecuniary loss is $750 or more
26	26	but less than $2,500; or
27	27	(B) the actor causes in whole or in part
28	28	impairment or interruption of any public water supply, or causes to
29	29	be diverted in whole, in part, or in any manner, including
30	30	installation or removal of any device for any such purpose, any
31	31	public water supply, regardless of the amount of the pecuniary
32	32	loss;
33	33	(4) a state jail felony if the amount of pecuniary loss
34	34	is:
35	35	(A) $2,500 or more but less than $30,000;
36	36	(B) less than $2,500, if the property damaged or
37	37	destroyed is a habitation and if the damage or destruction is caused
38	38	by a firearm or explosive weapon;
39	39	(C) less than $2,500, if the property was a fence
40	40	used for the production or containment of:
41	41	(i) cattle, bison, horses, sheep, swine,
42	42	goats, exotic livestock, or exotic poultry; or
43	43	(ii) game animals as that term is defined by
44	44	Section 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code;
45	45	(D) less than $30,000 and the actor:
46	46	(i) causes wholly or partly impairment or
47	47	interruption of property used for flood control purposes or a dam or
48	48	of public communications, public transportation, public gas
49	49	supply, or other public service; or
50	50	(ii) causes to be diverted wholly, partly,
51	51	or in any manner, including installation or removal of any device
52	52	for any such purpose, any public communications or public gas
53	53	supply; or
54	54	(E) less than $30,000, if the property is a motor
55	55	vehicle that is damaged, destroyed, or tampered with during the
56	56	removal or attempted removal of a catalytic converter from the
57	57	motor vehicle;
58	58	(5) a felony of the third degree if:
59	59	(A) the amount of the pecuniary loss is $30,000
60	60	or more but less than $150,000;
61	61	(B) the actor, by discharging a firearm or other
62	62	weapon or by any other means, causes the death of one or more head of
63	63	cattle or bison or one or more horses;
64	64	(C) the actor causes wholly or partly impairment
65	65	or interruption of access to an automated teller machine,
66	66	regardless of the amount of the pecuniary loss; [or]
67	67	(D) the amount of pecuniary loss is less than
68	68	$150,000 and the actor:
69	69	(i) causes wholly or partly impairment or
70	70	interruption of property used for public power supply; or
71	71	(ii) causes to be diverted wholly, partly,
72	72	or in any manner, including installation or removal of any device
73	73	for any such purpose, any public power supply; or
74	74	(E) the actor causes wholly or partly impairment
75	75	or disruption to electric vehicle supply equipment as defined by
76	76	Section 2311.0101, Occupations Code, regardless of the amount of
77	77	pecuniary loss;
78	78	(6) a felony of the second degree if the amount of
79	79	pecuniary loss is $150,000 or more but less than $300,000; or
80	80	(7) a felony of the first degree if the amount of
81	81	pecuniary loss is $300,000 or more.
82	82	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
83	83	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
84	84	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
85	85	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
86	86	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
87	87	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
88	88	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
89	89	before that date.
90	90	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.