79R157 EMT-D
By: Riddle H.B. No. 79
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. 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 section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.