Bill Text: TX HB770 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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) 2011-04-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB770-Comm_Sub.html
By: Lozano | H.B. No. 770 |
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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 | ||
covered by the law in effect when 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 was committed before that | ||
date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |