Bill Text: TX HB574 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of bail jumping and failure to appear.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - No action taken in committee [HB574 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB574-Introduced.html

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83R4574 MEW-F
By: Lozano H.B. No. 574

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of bail
jumping and failure to appear.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.10, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
follows:
(d) Except as otherwise provided by this section [in
Subsections (e) and (f)], an offense under this section is a Class A
misdemeanor.
(g) An offense under this section is a felony of the first
degree if the offense for which the actor's appearance was required
is an offense under Section 19.02 (murder) or 19.03 (capital
murder).
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, 2013.