Bill Text: TX HB3278 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of predatory theft.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB3278 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3278-Introduced.html
86R13395 ADM-F | ||
By: Wu | H.B. No. 3278 |
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relating to the creation of the criminal offense of predatory | ||
theft. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 31.20 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.20. PREDATORY THEFT. (a) In this section, "follow" | ||
means any conduct that tends to show that a person pursued another, | ||
including waiting for the person, tracking or trailing the person, | ||
and maintaining visual contact with the person. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to | ||
commit an offense under Section 29.02, 29.03, 30.04, or 31.03, the | ||
person: | ||
(1) follows another person; and | ||
(2) engages in conduct constituting an offense under | ||
Section 31.03 against the person followed. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third | ||
degree. | ||
(d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this | ||
section also constitutes an offense under other law, the actor may | ||
be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | ||
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, 2019. |