Bill Text: TX HB485 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in a vehicle operated by a public transportation system.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB485 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB485-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 485 | |
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| relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses | ||
| committed in a vehicle operated by a public transportation system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Penal Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 12.502 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.502. PENALTY IF OFFENSE COMMITTED IN PUBLIC | ||
| TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE. (a) Subject to Subsection (c), the | ||
| punishment for an offense described by Subsection (b) is increased | ||
| to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category of | ||
| offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the offense | ||
| was committed in a vehicle operated by an authority created under | ||
| Chapter 451, 452, 453, 457, 458, or 460, Transportation Code. | ||
| (b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section | ||
| applies only to an offense under Chapter 21, 22, or 29. | ||
| (c) If an offense described by Subsection (b) is punishable | ||
| as a Class A misdemeanor, the minimum term of confinement for the | ||
| offense is increased to 180 days. If an offense described by | ||
| Subsection (b) is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the | ||
| punishment for that offense may not be increased under this | ||
| section. | ||
| (d) For the purposes of this section, "vehicle" means a bus, | ||
| a railcar, rolling stock, or another vehicle used by the public for | ||
| mass transit purposes. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
