By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1291
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment of the offense of indecent exposure.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 21.08, Penal Code, is amended by amending
1-5 Subsection (b) and by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-6 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a first [An]
1-7 offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
1-8 (c) A second offense under this section is a Class A
1-9 misdemeanor.
1-10 (d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if
1-11 it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has
1-12 previously been convicted at least:
1-13 (1) two times under this section;
1-14 (2) two times under Section 21.11; or
1-15 (3) one time under this section and one time under
1-16 Section 21.11.
1-17 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-18 only to the punishment for an offense committed on or after the
1-19 effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section, an
1-20 offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any
1-21 element of the offense occurs before the effective date.
1-22 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-23 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
2-1 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-2 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.