HBA-NMO H.B. 2098 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2098 By: Uresti Criminal Jurisprudence 4/19/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides that burglary committed in a building other than a habitation is punishable as a state jail felony. Increasing the punishment of this offense to a felony of the third degree would require offenders to pay restitution to property owners and would increase jail time to more than two years. H.B. 2098 provides that the offense of burglary committed in a building other than a habitation is a felony of third degree, rather than a state jail felony. 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 30.02(c), Penal Code, to provide that the offense of burglary committed in a building other than a habitation is a felony of third degree, rather than a state jail felony. SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.