Penal Code Offenses
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Classification
Offense
State Jail Felony (cont.)
tangible personal property is at least $750 or
more but less than
$30,000 and damage or destruction is on a public or
private school; or
less than $2,500 if diverts, interrupts, or impairs public services
(communications, transport, gas, power))
[Tex. Penal Code Ann. §28.03(a), (b), (b)(4), (f), (h)]
Interference with Railroad Property (pecuniary loss of $2,500 or more
but less than $30,000)
[Tex. Penal Code Ann. §28.07(b), (e)(3)]
Graffiti (pecuniary loss of $2,500 or more but less than $30,000; or the
marking was made on a school, a place of worship or human burial, a
public monument, or a community center that provides medical, social
or educational programs and the loss is at least $750; can involve any
type of paint, not just aerosol)
[Tex. Penal Code Ann. §28.08(a), (b)(3), (d)]
Burglary (building other than a habitation)
[Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 30.02(a), (c)(1)]
Enhancement
Penalty if a burglary is committed in a Disaster or Evacuation Area
[Tex. Penal Code Ann. §12.50]
Burglary of Vehicles (involving a rail car)
[Tex. Penal Code Ann. §30.04(a), (d)]
Theft (value of property is $2,500 or more but less than $30,000; or
property involves certain animals under the value of $30,000; or
property involves less than 10 head of sheep, goats, or swine; or
regardless of value property was a firearm, official ballot or official
carrier envelope for an election, military grave marker, or was stolen
from a corpse or grave; or the value is less than $2,500 and the actor
has previously been convicted two or more times of any theft; or value
of the property is less than $20,000 and the property stolen is
aluminum, bronze, copper or brass; or value of property is $750 or
more but less than $2,500, and the actor was a public servant at the
time of the offense and the property came into the actor’s possession,
custody, or control by virtue of his or her status as a public servant; or
the actor was in a contractual relationship with a governmental body at
time of offense and the property came into the actor’s possession,
custody, or control by virtue of the contractual relationship; or the
owner of the appropriated property was an elderly individual or a
nonprofit organization; or the actor was a Medicare provider in a
contractual relationship with the federal government at the time of the
offense and the property appropriated came into the actor’s custody,
possession, or control by virtue of the contractual relationship; or