1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the creation of the offense of failing to stop or
 1-3     report the aggravated sexual assault of a child.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.   Chapter 38, Penal Code, is amended by adding
 1-6     Section 38.17 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 38.17.  FAILURE TO STOP OR REPORT AGGRAVATED SEXUAL
 1-8     ASSAULT OF CHILD.  (a)  A person, other than a person who has  a
 1-9     relationship with a child described by Section 22.04(b), commits an
1-10     offense if:
1-11                 (1)  the actor observes the commission  or attempted
1-12     commission of an  offense prohibited by Section 22.021(a)(2)(B)
1-13     under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that
1-14     an offense of a sexual or assaultive nature was being committed or
1-15     was about to be committed against the child;
1-16                 (2)  the actor fails to assist the child or immediately
1-17     report the commission of the offense to a peace officer or law
1-18     enforcement agency; and
1-19                 (3)  the actor could assist the child or immediately
1-20     report the commission of the offense without placing the actor in
1-21     danger of suffering serious bodily injury or death.
1-22           (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
1-23           SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-24           SECTION 3.   The importance of this legislation and the
 2-1     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-2     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-3     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-4     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 628 was passed by the House on May
         11, 1999, by a non-record vote; that the House refused to concur in
         Senate amendments to H.B. No. 628 on May 27, 1999, and requested
         the appointment of a conference committee to consider the
         differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the
         conference committee report on H.B. No. 628 on May 30, 1999, by a
         non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 628 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 26, 1999, by a viva-voce vote; at the request of
         the House, the Senate appointed a conference committee to consider
         the differences between the two houses; and that the Senate adopted
         the conference committee report on H.B. No. 628 on May 30, 1999, by
         a viva-voce vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  _____________________
                            Date
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                          Governor