H.B. No. 1028
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses
  committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The increase in punishment authorized by this section
  applies only to an offense under:
               (1)  Section 22.01;
               (2)  Section 28.02;
               (3)  Section 29.02;
               (4) [(3)]  Section 30.02;
               (5)  Section 30.03;
               (6)  Section 30.04;
               (7)  Section 30.05; and
               (8) [(4)]  Section 31.03.
         (c)  If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(1), (5), (6),
  (7), or (8) [(4)] is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the
  minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180
  days. If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(2), [(b)(3) or]
  (4), or (8) is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the
  punishment for that offense may not be increased under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 12.50(d), Penal Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1028 was passed by the House on April
  11, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 3, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1028 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1028 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor