TITLE: Relating to the penalties for repeat and habitual felony offenders.

SUMMARY: Relating to the penalties for repeat and habitual felony offenders.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the penalties for repeat and habitual felony offenders. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 12.425, Penal Code, is amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: (a-1) If it is shown on the trial of a state jail felony punishable under Section 12.35(a) that the defendant has previously been finally convicted of a state jail felony punishable under Section 12.35(a) and a felony other than a state jail felony punishable under Section 12.35(a), on conviction the defendant shall be punished for a felony of the third degree. (a-2) If it is shown on the trial of a state jail felony punishable under Section 12.35(a) that the defendant has previously been finally convicted of two felonies other than a state jail felony punishable under Section 12.35(a), on conviction the defendant shall be punished for a felony of the third degree. 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, 2013.