By Danburg                                             H.B. No. 687
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the repeal of the criminal offense of homosexual
 1-3     conduct.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 21.06, Penal Code, is repealed.
 1-6           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 1-7     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 1-8     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 1-9     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-10     Act takes September 1, 2001.