Bill Text: TX HB1829 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against certain sports participants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-15 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1829 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1829-Engrossed.html
By: Thompson of Brazoria, et al. | H.B. No. 1829 |
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relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against | ||
certain sports participants. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C | ||
misdemeanor, except that the offense is: | ||
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is committed | ||
under Subsection (a)(3) against an elderly individual or disabled | ||
individual, as those terms are defined by Section 22.04; or | ||
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed | ||
by any [ |
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is an athlete younger than 19 years of age, against another [ |
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person the actor knows is a sports participant other than an athlete | ||
either: | ||
(A) while the participant is performing duties or | ||
responsibilities in the participant's capacity as a sports | ||
participant; or | ||
(B) in retaliation for or on account of the | ||
participant's performance of a duty or responsibility within the | ||
participant's capacity as a sports participant. | ||
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. |