78R7735 EMT-D
By: Riddle H.B. No. 1608
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of making a false report
regarding a missing child or missing person.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.081(b), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B [C]
misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered
by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
subsection, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that
date.