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                                                                  H.B. No. 532




AN ACT

relating to creating the offense of improper sexual relations 
between employees of a public or private primary or secondary 
school and certain students.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Chapter 21, Penal Code, is amended by adding 
Section 21.12 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.12.  IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATOR AND 
STUDENT.  (a)  An employee of a public or private primary or 
secondary school commits an offense if the employee engages in 
sexual contact,  sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse 
with a person who is enrolled in a public or private primary or 
secondary school at which the employee works and who is not the 
employee's spouse.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second 
degree.  
	(c)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section 
also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the 
actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 532 was passed by the House on May 6, 
2003, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate 
amendments to H.B. No. 532 on May 30, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 532 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by a viva-voce vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



APPROVED: __________________                                                
 
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              Governor