1-1 By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1885 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 26, 1999; April 27, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 1-4 May 10, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Jackson 1-7 Amend S.B. No. 1885 in SECTION 1, amending Chapter 20, Penal 1-8 Code, on page 1, line 23, introduced version, between "injury" and 1-9 "." by adding the following: "or death" 1-10 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-11 AN ACT 1-12 relating to creating an offense for transporting an individual 1-13 under certain circumstances. 1-14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-15 SECTION 1. Chapter 20, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-16 Section 20.05 to read as follows: 1-17 Sec. 20.05. UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT. (a) A person commits an 1-18 offense if the person for pecuniary benefit transports an 1-19 individual in a manner that: 1-20 (1) is designed to conceal the individual from local, 1-21 state, or federal law enforcement authorities; and 1-22 (2) creates a substantial likelihood that the 1-23 individual will suffer serious bodily injury. 1-24 (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. 1-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-26 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-28 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-29 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-30 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-31 * * * * *