1-1 By: Bonnen (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 2610
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
1-3 April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the offense of criminal nonsupport of a child.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Sections 25.05(a) and (d), Penal Code, are
1-11 amended to read as follows:
1-12 (a) An individual commits an offense if the individual [he]
1-13 intentionally or knowingly fails to provide support for the
1-14 individual's [his] child younger than 18 years of age, or for the
1-15 individual's [his] child who is the subject of a court order
1-16 requiring the individual to support the child.
1-17 (d) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
1-18 section that the actor could not provide support for the actor's
1-19 [his] child.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-23 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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