Bill Text: TX HB47 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of possession, manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of a tire deflation device; providing criminal penalties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-05 - Left pending in committee [HB47 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB47-Introduced.html
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By: Peña | H.B. No. 47 |
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relating to the creation of the offense of possession, manufacture, | ||
transportation, repair, or sale of a tire deflation device; | ||
providing criminal penalties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subdivision (17) to read as follows: | ||
(17) "Tire deflation device" means a device, including | ||
a caltrop or spike strip, that, when driven over, impedes or stops | ||
the movement of a wheeled vehicle by puncturing one or more of the | ||
vehicle's tires. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 46.05, Penal Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person [ |
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intentionally or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, | ||
repairs, or sells: | ||
(1) an explosive weapon; | ||
(2) a machine gun; | ||
(3) a short-barrel firearm; | ||
(4) a firearm silencer; | ||
(5) a switchblade knife; | ||
(6) knuckles; | ||
(7) armor-piercing ammunition; | ||
(8) a chemical dispensing device; [ |
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(9) a zip gun; or | ||
(10) a tire deflation device. | ||
(b-1) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that | ||
the actor's conduct was incidental to dealing with a tire deflation | ||
device solely for the purpose of making the device available to an | ||
organization, agency, or institution listed in Subsection (b). | ||
(e) An offense under Subsections (a)(1)-(4) and (7)-(9) | ||
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state jail felony. An offense under Subsections (a)(5) and (6) is a | ||
Class A misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |