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By: Miller, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) |
H.B. No. 946 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2007; |
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May 1, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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Justice; May 21, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to conduct that constitutes the offense of endangering a |
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child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.041(c-1), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c), it is presumed that a |
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person engaged in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of |
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death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment if: |
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(1) the person manufactured, possessed, or in any way |
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introduced into the body of any person the controlled substance |
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methamphetamine in the presence of the child; or |
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(2) the person's conduct related to the proximity or |
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accessibility of the controlled substance methamphetamine to the |
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child and an analysis of a specimen of the child's blood, urine, or |
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other bodily substance indicates the presence of methamphetamine in |
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the child's body. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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