Bill Text: TX HB694 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-01 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB694 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB694-Introduced.html

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87R843 TSS-F
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 694

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass
offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with
committing an offense under:
(1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the
offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that
section;
(1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the
offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that
section;
(2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section;
(3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) of that section;
(3-a) Section 30.05, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (d)(1) of that section;
(4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section;
(5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section;
(6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or
(7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, as
amended 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, 2021.