Bill Text: TX HB73 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of and the punishment for the offense of burglary committed while evading arrest or detention.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB73 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB73-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of and the punishment for the offense of burglary committed while evading arrest or detention.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB73 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB73-Introduced.html
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By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 73 |
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relating to the prosecution of and the punishment for the offense of | ||
burglary committed while evading arrest or detention. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 30.02(a) and (d), Penal Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if, without the effective | ||
consent of the owner, the person: | ||
(1) enters a habitation, or a building (or any portion | ||
of a building) not then open to the public, with intent to evade | ||
arrest or detention or to commit a felony, theft, or an assault; | ||
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(2) remains concealed in a building or habitation[ |
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with intent to evade arrest or detention or to commit a felony, | ||
theft, or an assault[ |
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(3) enters a building or habitation while evading or | ||
attempting to evade arrest or detention; or | ||
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or attempts to commit a felony, theft, or an assault. | ||
(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the first | ||
degree if: | ||
(1) the premises are a habitation; and | ||
(2) any party to the offense entered the habitation | ||
with intent to commit a felony other than felony theft or evasion of | ||
arrest or detention or committed or attempted to commit a felony | ||
other than felony theft or evasion of arrest or detention. | ||
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. |