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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for making a false |
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report of a bomb threat involving certain locations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.06(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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except that the offense is: |
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(1) a state jail felony if [unless] the false report is |
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of an emergency involving a public or private institution of higher |
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education or involving a public primary or secondary school, public |
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communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power |
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supply or other public service; or |
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(2) a felony of the third degree if the false report is |
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of a bombing involving: |
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(A) a public or private primary or secondary |
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school; |
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(B) a public or private institution of higher |
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education; |
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(C) a proprietary, vocational, or technical |
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school; or |
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(D) an established place of religious worship [, |
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in which event the offense is a state jail felony]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |