Bill Text: TX SB2099 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for burglary of a commercial building in which trade or commerce is conducted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2099 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB2099-Introduced.html
  86R7195 TSS-F
 
  By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2099
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the criminal penalty for burglary of a
  commercial building in which trade or commerce is conducted.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 30.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided in Subsection (c-1) or (d), an
  offense under this section is a:
               (1)  state jail felony if committed in a building other
  than:
                     (A)  a commercial building in which trade or
  commerce is conducted; or
                     (B)  a habitation; [or]
               (2)  felony of the third degree if committed in a
  commercial building in which trade or commerce is conducted; or
               (3)  felony of the second degree if committed in a
  habitation.
         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 was
  committed before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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