By Davila H.B. No. 3117
75R8477 GWK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the definition of child for the purposes of prosecuting
1-3 the offense of sexual assault.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22.011(c)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (1) "Child" means a person younger than 18 [17] years
1-8 of age who is not the spouse of the actor.
1-9 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-10 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-11 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-12 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-13 before the effective date.
1-14 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-15 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-16 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.