Bill Text: TX SB1871 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the offense of theft of petroleum products.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1871 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1871-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1871 | ||
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| relating to the creation of the offense of theft of petroleum | ||
| products. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1871 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1871 passed the House on May | ||
| 6, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, one present not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
