Bill Text: TX HB574 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of bail jumping and failure to appear.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-29 - No action taken in committee [HB574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB574-Introduced.html
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By: Lozano | H.B. No. 574 |
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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 [ |
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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. |