Bill Text: TX HB1082 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1082 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1082-Introduced.html
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By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 1082 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of | ||
obstructing a highway or other passageway. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.03(c), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, | ||
except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if, in committing | ||
the offense, the actor used a device that is intended to hinder | ||
removal of an obstruction. | ||
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 occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |