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	Amend the proposed floor substitute to HB 8 (Amendment No. 7 
by Gattis) by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill 
to read as follows and by renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Chapter 39, Penal Code, is amended by adding 
Section 39.07 to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.07.  FAILURE TO REPORT CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF 
YOUNG CHILD OR CHILDREN.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the 
person:
		(1)  is:                                                               
			(A)  an officer or employee of the state, of any 
agency or other entity of the state, or any political subdivision of 
the state;  or
			(B)  a person contracting with a person described 
by Paragraph (A);  and
		(2)  knows of the commission of an offense under 
Section 21.02, Penal Code, committed by a person described by 
Subdivision (1) and fails to report the commission of that offense 
to an appropriate law enforcement authority.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second 
degree.  
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 15.02(d), a conspiracy to 
commit an offense under this section is a felony of the second 
degree.