Bill Text: TX HB221 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment prescribed for burglary of a vehicle and to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-22 - Left pending in committee [HB221 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB221-Introduced.html

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82R1763 MAW-D
By: Fletcher H.B. No. 221

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment prescribed for burglary of a vehicle and
to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that
offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 30.04(d), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(d) An offense under this section is a [Class A misdemeanor,
except that:
[(1) the offense is a Class A misdemeanor with a
minimum term of confinement of six months if it is shown on the
trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously
convicted of an offense under this section; and
[(2) the offense is a] state jail felony [if:
[(A) it is shown on the trial of the offense that
the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of an
offense under this section; or
[(B) the vehicle or part of the vehicle broken
into or entered is a rail car].
SECTION 2. Section 4(d), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(d) A defendant is not eligible for community supervision
under this section if the defendant:
(1) is sentenced to a term of imprisonment that
exceeds 10 years;
(2) is convicted of a state jail felony for which
suspension of the imposition of the sentence occurs automatically
under Section 15(a) or (a-1);
(3) does not file a sworn motion under Subsection (e)
of this section or for whom the jury does not enter in the verdict a
finding that the information contained in the motion is true;
(4) is convicted of an offense for which punishment is
increased under Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and
Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been previously
convicted of an offense for which punishment was increased under
any one of those subsections;
(5) is convicted of an offense listed in Section
3g(a)(1)(C), (E), or (H), if the victim of the offense was younger
than 14 years of age at the time the offense was committed;
(6) is convicted of an offense listed in Section
3g(a)(1)(D), if the victim of the offense was younger than 14 years
of age at the time the offense was committed and the actor committed
the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually;
(7) is convicted of an offense listed in Section
3g(a)(1)(J); or
(8) is adjudged guilty of an offense under Section
19.02, Penal Code.
SECTION 3. Section 15(a)(2), Article 42.12, Code of
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(2) On conviction of a state jail felony punished
under Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, other than a state jail felony
listed in Subdivision (1) or Subsection (a-1), the judge may
suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on
community supervision or may order the sentence to be executed.
SECTION 4. Section 15, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a-1) On conviction of an offense under Section 30.04, Penal
Code, that is punished under Section 12.35(a), Penal Code, the
judge shall suspend the imposition of the sentence and place the
defendant on community supervision if the defendant:
(1) is younger than 21 years of age;
(2) has not been previously convicted of an offense
punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or as a higher category of
offense; and
(3) submits an oral or written request to the court to
place the defendant on community supervision under this subsection.
SECTION 5. Section 16(b), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The amount of community service work ordered by the
judge:
(1) may not exceed 1,000 hours for an offense
classified as a first degree felony;
(2) may not exceed 800 hours for an offense classified
as a second degree felony;
(3) may not exceed 600 hours for an offense classified
as a third degree felony;
(4) may not exceed 400 hours for an offense classified
as a state jail felony;
(5) may not[:
[(A) exceed 600 hours for an offense under
Section 30.04, Penal Code, classified as a Class A misdemeanor; or
[(B)] exceed 200 hours for an [any other] offense
classified as a Class A misdemeanor or for any other misdemeanor for
which the maximum permissible confinement, if any, exceeds six
months or the maximum permissible fine, if any, exceeds $4,000; and
(6) may not exceed 100 hours for an offense classified
as a Class B misdemeanor or for any other misdemeanor for which the
maximum permissible confinement, if any, does not exceed six months
and the maximum permissible fine, if any, does not exceed $4,000.
SECTION 6. The following are repealed:
(1) Section 30.04(d-1), Penal Code;
(2) Section 3(h), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure; and
(3) Section 4(f), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
Procedure.
SECTION 7. 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 when 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 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.