Bill Text: TX HB891 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of theft of petroleum product.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB891 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB891-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Raymond | H.B. No. 891 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 891: | |||
By: Darby | C.S.H.B. No. 891 |
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relating to the creation of the offense of theft of petroleum | ||
product. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 31.19 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 31.19. THEFT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT. (a) In this | ||
section, "petroleum product" means crude oil, natural gas, or | ||
condensate. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person unlawfully | ||
appropriates a petroleum product with intent to deprive the owner | ||
of the petroleum product by: | ||
(1) possessing, removing, delivering, receiving, | ||
purchasing, selling, moving, concealing, or transporting the | ||
petroleum product; or | ||
(2) making or causing a connection to be made with, or | ||
drilling or tapping or causing a hole to be drilled or tapped in, a | ||
pipe, pipeline, or tank used to store or transport a petroleum | ||
product. | ||
(c) Appropriation of a petroleum product is unlawful if it | ||
is without the owner's effective consent. | ||
(d) An offense under this section is: | ||
(1) a state jail felony if the total value of the | ||
petroleum product appropriated is less than $10,000; | ||
(2) a felony of the third degree if the total value of | ||
the petroleum product appropriated is $10,000 or more but less than | ||
$100,000; | ||
(3) a felony of the second degree if the total value of | ||
the petroleum product appropriated is $100,000 or more but less | ||
than $300,000; or | ||
(4) a felony of the first degree if the total value of | ||
the petroleum product appropriated is $300,000 or more. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |