79R7719 BDH-F

By:  Gattis                                                       H.B. No. 2720



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the punishment for failure to attend public school.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 25.094, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
	(e-1) Each day of a violation under this section constitutes 
a separate offense.
	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 
governed 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.