HBA-RBT H.B. 1010 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1010
By: Hamric
Criminal Jurisprudence
3/25/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, trespassing is a Class B misdemeanor.  H.B. 1010 makes
trespassing a Class A misdemeanor if a person commits a trespass with the
intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.  The bill also
requires the person to register as a sex offender under the sex offender
registration statutes. 
 
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 30.05(d), Penal Code, to include a trespass
committed with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any
person in the kinds of criminal trespasses which are a Class A misdemeanor,
rather than a Class B misdemeanor.  Makes conforming and nonsubstantive
changes.   

SECTION 2.  Amends Article 62.01(5), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added
by Chapter 668, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, to
include a trespass committed with the intent to arouse or gratify the
sexual desire of any person in the list of offenses which must be reported
under the sex offender registration program. 

SECTION 3.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 4.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 5.  Emergency clause.