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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of purchasing or selling |
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human organs; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) An offense under [A violation of] this section is a |
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state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes |
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of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date |
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of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |