HBA-NMO H.B. 2116 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2116 By: Coleman Criminal Jurisprudence 4/10/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides that a person commits a Class C misdemeanor for certain disorderly conduct and public intoxication offenses. These crimes are often committed by repeat offenders in the downtown areas of cities. Certain Texas cites are revitalizing their downtown areas, attracting new businesses, entertainment venues, and residents. These cities may need more effective tools to ensure the security of downtown visitors and residents. H.B. 2116 provides criminal penalties for repeat and habitual disorderly conduct and public intoxication offenders. 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 12.43, Penal Code, to require that a defendant, if it is shown on trial of an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor under Section 42.01 (Disorderly Conduct) or 49.02 (Public Intoxication) that the defendant has been before convicted three times under either section or any combination of the sections and each prior offense was committed within the preceding 12 months of the offense on trial, to be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.