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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of arrest for certain activities occurring at |
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property leased to a person operating a massage establishment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 125.0017, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, as added by Chapter 1135 (H.B. 240), Acts of the 85th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 125.0017. NOTICE OF ARREST FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES. If |
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a law enforcement agency makes an arrest related to an activity |
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described by Section 125.0015(a)(6), (7), or (18) that occurs at |
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property leased to a person operating a massage establishment as |
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defined by Section 455.001, Occupations Code, not later than the |
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14th day after the date of the arrest, the law enforcement agency |
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may provide written notice by certified mail to [each person |
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maintaining] the property owner of the arrest. |
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SECTION 2. Section 125.0017, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, as added by Chapter 858 (H.B. 2552), Acts of the 85th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an arrest that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An arrest that occurred before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |