By: Ellzey H.B. No. 2746       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of use of laser   pointers; increasing a criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.13, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read   as follows:          (c)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor,   except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if the   conduct causes serious bodily injury to the officer.          (d)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that   at the time of the offense the actor was discharging the actor's   duties as a lighting technician at a venue which produces or hosts   events involving laser pointers, including a concert or similar   event.          (e)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this   section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor   may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.          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 was   committed before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.