By Hartnett                                            H.B. No. 460
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                                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.