Bill Text: TX HB690 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of graffiti.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-20 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB690 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB690-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of graffiti.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-20 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB690 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB690-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 690 |
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relating to the punishment for the offense of graffiti. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.08(d), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if: | ||
(1) the marking is made on a school, an institution of | ||
higher education, a place of worship or human burial, a public | ||
monument, a historic structure or property, or a community center | ||
that provides medical, social, or educational programs; and | ||
(2) the amount of the pecuniary loss to real property | ||
or to tangible personal property is less than $20,000. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.08(e), Penal Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: | ||
(2-a) "Historic structure or property" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 315.006, Local Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |