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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain |
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felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Penal Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 12.502 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.502. PENALTY FOR CERTAIN FELONY OFFENSES COMMITTED |
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WITH FIREARM. (a) The minimum term of imprisonment for a first, |
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second, or third degree felony listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code |
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of Criminal Procedure, is increased to 10 years if an affirmative |
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finding has been entered in the judgment in the case under Article |
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42A.054(d), Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a felony offense for |
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which the punishment otherwise required by law includes a minimum |
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term of imprisonment that exceeds 10 years. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |