73R4134 DRH-D By Hunter of Nueces H.B. No. 1141 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the punishment for certain homicides involving the 1-3 death of a child. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Penal Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 12.48 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 12.48. FINE FOR KILLING A CHILD. If it is shown on the 1-8 trial of an offense that the victim of the offense was younger than 1-9 17 years of age at the time of the offense, the maximum fine that 1-10 the court may impose is increased to: 1-11 (1) $20,000, for an offense under Section 19.02 or 1-12 19.04 of this code; and 1-13 (2) $10,000, for an offense under Section 19.07 of 1-14 this code. 1-15 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 1-16 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 1-17 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before 1-18 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 1-19 before that date. 1-20 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 1-21 Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was 1-22 committed, and the former law is continued in effect for this 1-23 purpose. 1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.