Bill Text: TX SB961 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB961 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB961-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Bettencourt, et al. | S.B. No. 961 | |
| (Gervin-Hawkins) | ||
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| relating to the issuance of a citation for a criminal trespass | ||
| offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with | ||
| committing an offense under: | ||
| (1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the | ||
| offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that | ||
| section; | ||
| (1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the | ||
| offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that | ||
| section; | ||
| (2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; | ||
| (3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) of that section; | ||
| (3-a) Section 30.05, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (d)(1) of that section; | ||
| (4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; | ||
| (5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; | ||
| (6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or | ||
| (7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, as | ||
| amended 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, 2019. | ||
