Bill Text: TX HB2219 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of attempted murder.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-09 - Left pending in committee [HB2219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2219-Introduced.html
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By: Wu | H.B. No. 2219 |
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relating to the punishment for the offense of attempted murder. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 15.01, Penal Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [ |
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under this section is one category lower than the offense | ||
attempted, and if the offense attempted is a state jail felony, the | ||
offense is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
(e) An offense under this section is a felony of the second | ||
degree, except that the maximum term of imprisonment for the | ||
offense is 40 years if: | ||
(1) the offense attempted is murder under Section | ||
19.02; and | ||
(2) the actor causes serious bodily injury to another | ||
in the nature of a traumatic injury that results in a persistent | ||
vegetative state. | ||
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 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 was | ||
committed before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |