Bill Text: TX HB4014 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed on the premises of a public transportation system
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB4014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4014-Introduced.html
By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 4014 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses | ||
committed on the premises of a public transportation system | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Penal Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 12.501 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.501. PENALTY IF OFFENSE COMMITTED ON PREMISES OF | ||
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. (a) Subject to Subsection (c), the | ||
punishment for an offense described by Subsection (b) is increased | ||
to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category of | ||
offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the offense | ||
was committed on the premises of an authority created under Chapter | ||
451, 452, 453, 457, 458, or 460, Transportation Code. | ||
(b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section | ||
applies only to an offense under Chapter 21, 22, or 29. | ||
(c) This section does not apply to an offense for which the | ||
punishment otherwise prescribed is the punishment for a first | ||
degree felony or capital felony. | ||
(d) For the purposes of this section, "premises" means a | ||
bus, a vehicle, a railcar, rolling stock, a station platform, a bus | ||
stop, a bus shelter, a parking lot, a garage, a passenger terminal, | ||
or a sales outlet used by the public for mass transit purposes. | ||
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, 2015. |