Bill Text: TX HB2180 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of disorderly conduct involving unreasonable noise.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-19 - Left pending in committee [HB2180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2180-Introduced.html
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| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 2180 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of the offense of disorderly conduct | ||
| involving unreasonable noise. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 42.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| (c) For purposes of this section: | ||
| (1) an act is deemed to occur in a public place or near | ||
| a private residence if it produces its offensive or proscribed | ||
| consequences in the public place or near a private residence; and | ||
| (2) a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise | ||
| exceeds a decibel level of 60 [ |
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| receives notice from a magistrate or peace officer that the noise is | ||
| a public nuisance. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
