85R5781 MEW-D     By: Alvarado H.B. No. 913       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the   possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain   prohibited explosive weapons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 46.05(a) and (e), Penal Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally   or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs, or   sells:                (1)  any of the following items, unless the item is   registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer   Record maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and   Explosives or classified as a curio or relic by the United States   Department of Justice:                      (A)  [an explosive weapon;                      [(B)]  a machine gun;                      (B) [(C)]  a short-barrel firearm; or                      (C) [(D)]  a firearm silencer;                (2)  knuckles;                (3)  armor-piercing ammunition;                (4)  a chemical dispensing device;                (5)  a zip gun; [or]                (6)  a tire deflation device; or                (7)  an explosive weapon.          (e)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1), (3), (4), [or] (5),   or (7) is a felony of the third degree.  An offense under Subsection   (a)(6) is a state jail felony.  An offense under Subsection (a)(2)   is a Class A misdemeanor.          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.