Texas Penal Code - PENAL § 12.50. Penalty If Offense Committed in Disaster Area or Evacuated Area

(a) Subject to Subsection (c), the punishment for an offense described by Subsection (b) is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the offense was committed in an area that was, at the time of the offense:

(b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section applies only to an offense under:

(b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section applies only to an offense under:

(c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(1), (5), (6), or (7) is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180 days.  If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(2), (4), or (7) is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment for that offense may not be increased under this section.

(c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(1), (5), (6), (7), or (8) is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180 days.  If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(2), (4), or (8) is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the punishment for that offense may not be increased under this section.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 418 (S.B. 201), § 2;  Acts 2019, 86th Leg., ch. 1058 (H.B. 1028), § 2.

(e) For purposes of this section, “emergency evacuation order” means an official statement issued by the governing body of this state or a political subdivision of this state to recommend or require the evacuation of all or part of the population of an area stricken or threatened with a disaster.