By: Menéndez, et al. S.B. No. 762     (Moody)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prosecution of offenses involving cruelty to   animals; increasing a criminal penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.092, Penal Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to   read as follows:          (c)  An offense under Subsection (b)(3), (4), (5), (6), or   (9) is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a state   jail felony if the person has previously been convicted two times   under this section, two times under Section 42.09, or one time under   this section and one time under Section 42.09.          (c-1)  An offense under Subsection (b)(1) or[,] (2) is a   felony of the third degree, except that the offense is a felony of   the second degree if the person has previously been convicted under   Subsection (b)(1), (2), (7), or (8) or under Section 42.09.          (c-2)  An offense under Subsection (b)(7)[, (7),] or (8) is a   state jail felony, except that the offense is a felony of the third   degree if the person has previously been convicted [two times]   under this section[, two times under Section 42.09,] or [one time   under this section and one time] under Section 42.09.          SECTION 2.  Section 821.023(b), Health and Safety Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.