By Hartnett H.B. No. 460
77R2508 JMG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the penalty for the offense of prostitution.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 43.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-5 as follows:
1-6 (c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,
1-7 unless the actor has previously been convicted one or two times of
1-8 an offense [previously] under this section, in which event it is a
1-9 Class A misdemeanor. If the actor has previously been convicted
1-10 three or more times of an offense under this section, the offense
1-11 is a state jail felony.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-13 applies only to an offense committed on or after that date. An
1-14 offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
1-15 by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
1-16 law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
1-17 section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
1-18 Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.