Bill Text: TX HB2577 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the unlawful use of a criminal instrument or mechanical security device; providing a penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2577-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2577 |
|
||
relating to the unlawful use of a criminal instrument or mechanical | ||
security device; providing a penalty. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.01, Penal Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 16.01. UNLAWFUL USE OF CRIMINAL INSTRUMENT OR | ||
MECHANICAL SECURITY DEVICE. (a) A person commits an offense if: | ||
(1) the person [ |
||
mechanical security device with the intent to use the instrument or | ||
device [ |
||
(2) with knowledge of its character and with the | ||
intent to use a criminal instrument or mechanical security device | ||
or aid or permit another to use the instrument or device in the | ||
commission of an offense, the person [ |
||
sells, installs, or sets up the [ |
||
(b) For the purpose of this section: | ||
(1) "Criminal[ |
||
anything, the possession, manufacture, or sale of which is not | ||
otherwise an offense, that is specially designed, made, or adapted | ||
for use in the commission of an offense. | ||
(2) "Mechanical security device" means a device | ||
designed or manufactured for use by a locksmith to perform services | ||
for a customer who seeks entry to a structure, motor vehicle, or | ||
other property. | ||
(c) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is one category lower | ||
than the offense intended. An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a | ||
state jail felony. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2577 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2577 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
_____________________ | ||
Governor |