By King of Parker H.B. No. 2094
77R7299 KSD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation of an offense for advertising for the
1-3 adoption of a child.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 25.09(a) and (b), Penal Code, are amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A person commits an offense if the person advertises in
1-8 the public media that the person is seeking a child for adoption,
1-9 will place a child for adoption, or will provide or obtain a child
1-10 for adoption.
1-11 (b) This section does not apply to a [licensed]
1-12 child-placing agency licensed in this state that is identified in
1-13 the advertisement as a licensed child-placing agency.
1-14 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-15 (b) The change in law made by this Act pertaining to a
1-16 criminal offense applies only to an offense committed on or after
1-17 the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this Act, an
1-18 offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
1-19 element of the offense occurs before that date. An offense
1-20 committed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the
1-21 law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is
1-22 continued in effect for that purpose.