79R6407 KEL-F

By:  Hamilton                                                     H.B. No. 1466



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for the offense of harboring a runaway 
child.    
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.06(d), Penal Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(d)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, 
except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if, at the 
time of the offense, the actor was required to register as a sex 
offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	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.