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.