Bill Text: TX HB4235 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for burglary of a commercial building in which trade or commerce is conducted.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4235 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4235-Introduced.html
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By: Anderson | H.B. No. 4235 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for burglary of a | ||
commercial building in which trade or commerce is conducted. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 30.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(c) Except as provided in Subsection (c-1) or (d), an | ||
offense under this section is a: | ||
(1) state jail felony if committed in a building other | ||
than: | ||
(A) a commercial building in which trade or | ||
commerce is conducted; or | ||
(B) a habitation; [ |
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(2) felony of the third degree if committed in a | ||
commercial building in which trade or commerce is conducted; or | ||
(3) felony of the second degree if committed in a | ||
habitation. | ||
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 was | ||
committed before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |