85R4705 AJZ-F     By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 2032       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses   committed on the premises of 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 12.501 to read as follows:          Sec. 12.501.  PENALTY IF OFFENSE COMMITTED ON PREMISES OF   PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. (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 on the premises of 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)  This section does not apply to an offense for which the   punishment otherwise prescribed is the punishment for a first   degree felony or capital felony.          (d)  For the purposes of this section, "premises" means a   bus, a vehicle, a railcar, rolling stock, a station platform, a bus   stop, a bus shelter, a parking lot, a garage, a passenger terminal,   or a sales outlet 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, 2017.