Bill Text: TX SB201 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB201-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 201 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses | ||
committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section | ||
applies only to an offense under: | ||
(1) Section 22.01; | ||
(2) Section 28.02; | ||
(3) Section 29.02; | ||
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(5) Section 30.04; | ||
(6) Section 30.05; and | ||
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(c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(1), (5), (6), | ||
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term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180 days. If an | ||
offense listed under Subsection (b)(2), [ |
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punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment for that | ||
offense may not be increased under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 12.50(d), Penal Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 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 occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the Senate on | ||
April 2, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 201 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |