79R2470 UM-D

By:  Villarreal                                                   H.B. No. 402



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of prohibited sexual 
conduct.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second
[third] degree.
	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 was committed before that 
date.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.